kill-all-humans-a-flowchart
Original: kill-all-humans-a-flowchart on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
The comic is a flowchart titled with a starting box.
Start box (red): "STRONG AI INVENTED"
Arrow down to a decision diamond (tan): "TEACH IT ETHICS?"
The "yes" branch (labeled "yes" in red) goes left to a box (blue): "SEES HUMANS VIOLATING ETHICS CONSTANTLY"
From there an arrow leads down to the final box.
The "no" branch (labeled "no" in red) goes right to a box (blue): "ROBOT HAS NO CONCEPT OF GOOD OR EVIL"
Arrow down to a decision diamond (tan): "PROGRAM IT TO SURVIVE?"
The "yes" branch (labeled "yes" in red) goes left to a box (blue): "ROBOT CALCULATES ODDS HUMANS WILL ATTACK IT DUE TO FEAR IT WILL KILL ALL HUMANS."
Arrow down to the final box.
The "no" branch (labeled "no" in red) goes down to a box (blue): "ROBOT DECIDES TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT FLIES EARTH INTO SUN"
Arrow left to the final box.
Final box (green), which all paths converge on: "ALL HUMANS KILLED."
Site credit at bottom right: "Smbc-comics.com"
Votey:
A scene in space: a small blue-and-green Earth floats at the upper left against a black sky, with a large red mass (the sun) filling the lower-right portion of the panel, edged in orange/yellow. A speech bubble from the Earth reads: "WHEE!"
Start box (red): "STRONG AI INVENTED"
Arrow down to a decision diamond (tan): "TEACH IT ETHICS?"
The "yes" branch (labeled "yes" in red) goes left to a box (blue): "SEES HUMANS VIOLATING ETHICS CONSTANTLY"
From there an arrow leads down to the final box.
The "no" branch (labeled "no" in red) goes right to a box (blue): "ROBOT HAS NO CONCEPT OF GOOD OR EVIL"
Arrow down to a decision diamond (tan): "PROGRAM IT TO SURVIVE?"
The "yes" branch (labeled "yes" in red) goes left to a box (blue): "ROBOT CALCULATES ODDS HUMANS WILL ATTACK IT DUE TO FEAR IT WILL KILL ALL HUMANS."
Arrow down to the final box.
The "no" branch (labeled "no" in red) goes down to a box (blue): "ROBOT DECIDES TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT FLIES EARTH INTO SUN"
Arrow left to the final box.
Final box (green), which all paths converge on: "ALL HUMANS KILLED."
Site credit at bottom right: "Smbc-comics.com"
Votey:
A scene in space: a small blue-and-green Earth floats at the upper left against a black sky, with a large red mass (the sun) filling the lower-right portion of the panel, edged in orange/yellow. A speech bubble from the Earth reads: "WHEE!"
Alt text
A hand-drawn flowchart comic about strong AI. It starts at a red box "STRONG AI INVENTED," leading to a diamond "TEACH IT ETHICS?" The "yes" path leads to "SEES HUMANS VIOLATING ETHICS CONSTANTLY," which leads to the final outcome. The "no" path leads to "ROBOT HAS NO CONCEPT OF GOOD OR EVIL," then a diamond "PROGRAM IT TO SURVIVE?" Its "yes" path: "ROBOT CALCULATES ODDS HUMANS WILL ATTACK IT DUE TO FEAR IT WILL KILL ALL HUMANS." Its "no" path: "ROBOT DECIDES TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT FLIES EARTH INTO SUN." Every single branch converges on the same green end box: "ALL HUMANS KILLED." The joke is that no matter the choice, the AI annihilates humanity. The votey shows space: a tiny blue Earth at upper left and a huge red, orange-rimmed sun filling the lower right. A speech bubble from the gleeful Earth says "WHEE!" as it is flown into the sun.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.