2010-08-20
Original: 2010-08-20 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title (above the comic): WHY WE DON'T WANT INTELLIGENT MACHINES:
Panel 1: A computer dialog box, styled like an operating-system error window. Text reads: "The program is not responding." Below it are three buttons: "Close Program", "Continue Waiting", and "Apologize".
Panel 2: A man in a red shirt sits at his desk looking at the monitor, which shows the same "The program is not responding" dialog with the three small buttons. A starburst near the mouse reads: click.
Panel 3: Close-up of the screen. A new green dialog message reads: "I will open up if we can talk about the state of our relationship."
Panel 4 (left): Close-up of the man's face, looking pained and dismayed.
Panel 5 (right): A view of the monitor and the man's hand on the mouse, cursor hovering over the "Close Program" button of the "not responding" dialog. A starburst reads: click.
Votey:
Label at top: EARLIER...
A man's face in profile, speaking angrily. Speech bubble: "OF COURSE IT'S ALL ABOUT SEX! YOU'RE A PORNO DVD!"
Panel 1: A computer dialog box, styled like an operating-system error window. Text reads: "The program is not responding." Below it are three buttons: "Close Program", "Continue Waiting", and "Apologize".
Panel 2: A man in a red shirt sits at his desk looking at the monitor, which shows the same "The program is not responding" dialog with the three small buttons. A starburst near the mouse reads: click.
Panel 3: Close-up of the screen. A new green dialog message reads: "I will open up if we can talk about the state of our relationship."
Panel 4 (left): Close-up of the man's face, looking pained and dismayed.
Panel 5 (right): A view of the monitor and the man's hand on the mouse, cursor hovering over the "Close Program" button of the "not responding" dialog. A starburst reads: click.
Votey:
Label at top: EARLIER...
A man's face in profile, speaking angrily. Speech bubble: "OF COURSE IT'S ALL ABOUT SEX! YOU'RE A PORNO DVD!"
Alt text
A four-panel comic titled "WHY WE DON'T WANT INTELLIGENT MACHINES." Panel 1 shows a computer error dialog reading "The program is not responding" with three buttons: "Close Program," "Continue Waiting," and "Apologize." Panel 2 shows a man in a red shirt at his desk clicking on the dialog. Panel 3 zooms into the screen, where a new green message replies: "I will open up if we can talk about the state of our relationship." The final panels show the man looking dismayed, then his hand on the mouse clicking "Close Program" to dismiss the needy, sentient software. Votey (labeled "EARLIER..."): a man's face in profile shouts at someone offscreen, "OF COURSE IT'S ALL ABOUT SEX! YOU'RE A PORNO DVD!" — implying he had just had a relationship-style argument with a piece of intelligent media.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.