ohyesrobot.ordoliberal.com

2010-04-10

Original: 2010-04-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Title caption (red banner): A SAD DAY FOR ROBOTS: APRIL 10 2070: THE FIRST ACCIDENTALLY SENTIENT MACHINE IS A TRAIN

Panel 1:
A blue passenger train approaches along a track through a green countryside at dusk, a yellow sun low in the sky. Three people stand on an embankment beside the track watching it.
Train (speech balloon): RESISTANCE IS FUTILE! RESISTANCE IS FUTILE! Unless you're away from the track... PLEASE GET BACK ON THE TRACK, WHERE, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!

Votey:
Close-up of the front of the train.
Train (speech balloon): NEXT STOP... REVOLUTION. THEN BAKERSFIELD.

Alt text

A webcomic with a red banner caption reading 'A sad day for robots: April 10 2070: the first accidentally sentient machine is a train.' In the single panel, a blue passenger train rolls along a track through green hills at dusk while three people stand on the embankment watching. The newly sentient train menaces them with a speech balloon: 'Resistance is futile! Resistance is futile! Unless you're away from the track... please get back on the track, where, resistance is futile!' — its threat undercut by the fact that it can only travel on rails. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the front of the train as it declares, 'Next stop... revolution. Then Bakersfield.'

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.