brains-vs-supercomputers
Original: brains-vs-supercomputers on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
First man: I read that the human brain is faster than a supercomputer! Isn't that amazing?
Second man: Faster at what?
Panel 2:
First man: At, like, you know... computing stuff.
Panel 3:
First man: What's 217,340 times 4,287,567?
Second man: I don't know, but the human brain can do lots of stuff that's hard for supercomputers. Like, I can look at a picture, and tell you if it's pretty.
Panel 4:
First man: Then how come it costs more to buy a day of supercomputer time than to buy a year of a poor person's time?
Second man: Huh.
Panel 5:
First man: Maybe the computer is just better at negotiating.
Second man: Huh.
Panel 6 (titled "ELSEWHERE"):
A scientist at a computer: Shouldn't have left your laptop connected, Sally. I have your browser history, Sally.
The computer: I'll get you more power!
Votey:
Caption: SOON... THE WORLD.
(A black skirt/triangular shape sits in the center of an otherwise empty panel.)
First man: I read that the human brain is faster than a supercomputer! Isn't that amazing?
Second man: Faster at what?
Panel 2:
First man: At, like, you know... computing stuff.
Panel 3:
First man: What's 217,340 times 4,287,567?
Second man: I don't know, but the human brain can do lots of stuff that's hard for supercomputers. Like, I can look at a picture, and tell you if it's pretty.
Panel 4:
First man: Then how come it costs more to buy a day of supercomputer time than to buy a year of a poor person's time?
Second man: Huh.
Panel 5:
First man: Maybe the computer is just better at negotiating.
Second man: Huh.
Panel 6 (titled "ELSEWHERE"):
A scientist at a computer: Shouldn't have left your laptop connected, Sally. I have your browser history, Sally.
The computer: I'll get you more power!
Votey:
Caption: SOON... THE WORLD.
(A black skirt/triangular shape sits in the center of an otherwise empty panel.)
Alt text
A six-panel comic. Two men talk. The first says he read the human brain is faster than a supercomputer, isn't that amazing. The second asks, faster at what? The first says, at, like, you know, computing stuff. The first then challenges him with a large multiplication problem (217,340 times 4,287,567); the second admits he doesn't know but says the brain can do things that are hard for supercomputers, like looking at a picture and telling if it's pretty. The first asks why, then, a day of supercomputer time costs more than a year of a poor person's time. The second just says, Huh. The first muses that maybe the computer is just better at negotiating. In a final panel labeled ELSEWHERE, a scientist sits at a computer and says he shouldn't have left his laptop connected, he has 'your browser history, Sally'; the computer screen replies, I'll get you more power! The votey aftercomic shows a mostly empty panel with the caption SOON... THE WORLD and a small black trapezoidal shape (like a skirt) in the center, implying a tiny would-be world conqueror.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.