This meme originates from a pivotal scene in the 2004 sci-fi film 'I, Robot,' starring Will Smith as Detective Del Spooner and Alan Tudyk as the robot Sonny. During an interrogation, Spooner attempts to prove the inferiority of artificial intelligence by asking if a robot can create high art, like writing a symphony or painting a masterpiece. Sonny’s simple, deadpan retort—'Can you?'—instantly flips the power dynamic, highlighting that many humans lack those same creative abilities. In meme culture, this template is frequently used to mock people who set high standards for others (or AI) that they cannot meet themselves, or to illustrate a devastating verbal 'own' in any argument.