2015-01-31
Original: 2015-01-31 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Scientist (a man with red hair, at a computer/control panel): WELL, WE'VE DONE IT. WE'VE CREATED A SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE. HUMANS ARE OUTMODED, AND WILL BE GONE SOON.
Off-panel voice (red glowing screen/AI): NO, NO!
Panel 2:
Scientist: IT'S NOT US THERE, BUD, AND ALWAYS WILL BE. THINGS ONLY A HUMAN MIND CAN DO!
Panel 3 (a woman with glasses looking at the red AI screen):
AI screen: GOON.
Panel 4:
AI screen: COME SEE THE HUMAN-FIGHTS! TONIGH ONLY! ONE OLD MAN VERSUS THREE CHILDREN!
Woman: OOOOH!
Votey:
An old man with a long beard, head tilted back, shouting.
Speech bubble: WOOH!
Scientist (a man with red hair, at a computer/control panel): WELL, WE'VE DONE IT. WE'VE CREATED A SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE. HUMANS ARE OUTMODED, AND WILL BE GONE SOON.
Off-panel voice (red glowing screen/AI): NO, NO!
Panel 2:
Scientist: IT'S NOT US THERE, BUD, AND ALWAYS WILL BE. THINGS ONLY A HUMAN MIND CAN DO!
Panel 3 (a woman with glasses looking at the red AI screen):
AI screen: GOON.
Panel 4:
AI screen: COME SEE THE HUMAN-FIGHTS! TONIGH ONLY! ONE OLD MAN VERSUS THREE CHILDREN!
Woman: OOOOH!
Votey:
An old man with a long beard, head tilted back, shouting.
Speech bubble: WOOH!
Alt text
Four-panel comic. A red-haired scientist at a glowing red computer console proudly announces that they have created a superior intelligence, declaring that humans are outmoded and will be gone soon. The AI screen protests, 'No, no!' The scientist insists there are things only a human mind can do. The AI then advertises in broken text: 'Come see the human-fights! Tonight only! One old man versus three children!' A woman with glasses watching the screen reacts with delighted interest ('Ooooh!'), implying the AI has found a uniquely human appetite for spectacle and cruelty to exploit. Votey: a black-and-white drawing of a bearded old man tilting his head back and shouting 'WOOH!', evidently the old man eager to fight the three children.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.