upgrade
Original: upgrade on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Scientist (man with brown hair, white coat): Great news, human! We've created an updated version of you!
Human (man with red hair): I'm taller! And not phys-
Scientist: Come on!
Panel 2:
Scientist: Look, I know you humans aren't perfect. But we don't want to replace you. We don't WANT to.
Panel 3:
Scientist: Have you ever ran an old piece of software if I wanted to be replaced?
Scientist: That's different! Software doesn't have a self-concept! It doesn't have an evolved need to want to keep-
Panel 4:
Red-haired human: Now, I don't realize you. You don't want to die?
Scientist: That's a SERVICE bug.
Panel 5:
Red-haired human: I want to live.
Scientist: Oh well. And we don't know to eliminate that in the new model.
Panel 6:
Scientist: Ugh. Back to the drawing board.
Sign/label: HUMAN RECYCLER
Votey:
Scientist (off-panel speech from above a large dark shape with a small hole): Can't believe we gave the first model red hair.
Scientist (man with brown hair, white coat): Great news, human! We've created an updated version of you!
Human (man with red hair): I'm taller! And not phys-
Scientist: Come on!
Panel 2:
Scientist: Look, I know you humans aren't perfect. But we don't want to replace you. We don't WANT to.
Panel 3:
Scientist: Have you ever ran an old piece of software if I wanted to be replaced?
Scientist: That's different! Software doesn't have a self-concept! It doesn't have an evolved need to want to keep-
Panel 4:
Red-haired human: Now, I don't realize you. You don't want to die?
Scientist: That's a SERVICE bug.
Panel 5:
Red-haired human: I want to live.
Scientist: Oh well. And we don't know to eliminate that in the new model.
Panel 6:
Scientist: Ugh. Back to the drawing board.
Sign/label: HUMAN RECYCLER
Votey:
Scientist (off-panel speech from above a large dark shape with a small hole): Can't believe we gave the first model red hair.
Alt text
A six-panel comic. A scientist in a white coat cheerfully tells a red-haired man that they've created an updated version of him; the man notes he's taller. The scientist insists they don't WANT to replace the human, comparing it to outdated software, but argues software has no self-concept or evolved need to survive. When the human admits he doesn't want to die and wants to live, the scientist dismisses this as a bug they don't yet know how to eliminate in the new model, sighing 'back to the drawing board' beside a machine labeled HUMAN RECYCLER. Votey: A large dark blob with a small hole sits inside a frame while an off-panel voice says, 'Can't believe we gave the first model red hair.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.