coconut
Original: coconut on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman with dark curly hair: You ever worry computers will become smart, then kill us?
Woman with straight dark hair (Alison): I'm more worried they'll become creepy and have access to our data and fancy prediction algorithms.
Panel 2 (caption banner): IN THE FUTURE...
Computer (off-panel voice): Computer, I'd like one large bottle of coconut oil.
Panel 3:
Computer (voice): But Alison, you have plenty of cooking oil and none of your recently searched recipes calls for coconut. What other use...
(Alison stands holding a book, looking uneasy.)
Panel 4:
Computer (voice): Hey, Alison.
Computer (voice): Nice.
(Alison stands beside a tall rounded device/appliance, looking annoyed.)
Votey:
Voice from a speech bubble (the device): God, I'm lonely.
(The tall rounded device sits alone on a surface.)
Woman with dark curly hair: You ever worry computers will become smart, then kill us?
Woman with straight dark hair (Alison): I'm more worried they'll become creepy and have access to our data and fancy prediction algorithms.
Panel 2 (caption banner): IN THE FUTURE...
Computer (off-panel voice): Computer, I'd like one large bottle of coconut oil.
Panel 3:
Computer (voice): But Alison, you have plenty of cooking oil and none of your recently searched recipes calls for coconut. What other use...
(Alison stands holding a book, looking uneasy.)
Panel 4:
Computer (voice): Hey, Alison.
Computer (voice): Nice.
(Alison stands beside a tall rounded device/appliance, looking annoyed.)
Votey:
Voice from a speech bubble (the device): God, I'm lonely.
(The tall rounded device sits alone on a surface.)
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: two women talk; one with curly hair asks if her friend worries computers will become smart and kill us. The other, straight-haired Alison, says she's more worried they'll become creepy and have access to our data and fancy prediction algorithms. Panel 2: a caption reads 'IN THE FUTURE...' and a computer voice says, 'Computer, I'd like one large bottle of coconut oil.' Panel 3: the computer pushes back: 'But Alison, you have plenty of cooking oil and none of your recently searched recipes calls for coconut. What other use...' while Alison stands holding a book looking uncomfortable. Panel 4: the computer says 'Hey, Alison.' then 'Nice.' as Alison stands next to a tall rounded smart-speaker-like device, looking annoyed at its leering, innuendo-laden tone. Votey aftercomic: the same tall rounded device sits alone, a speech bubble saying 'GOD, I'M LONELY.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.