we-know
Original: we-know on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman: ROBOTS CAN'T LOVE.
Robot (red button on a metal stand): IT'S BEEN TESTED. AI CAN SIMULATE HUMAN AFFECTION SO PERFECTLY THAT HUMANS CAN'T TELL.
Panel 2:
Woman: OF COURSE WE CAN.
Robot: BUT IS THAT THE WHOLE PANOPLY OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR?
Panel 3:
Woman: HUMANS ARE MOSTLY BROKEN! A ROBOT CAN'T SIMULATE THAT. SURE, YOU CAN LOVE, BUT CAN YOU BE PART OF A TOXIC MUTUALLY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP?
Robot: WHAT? SORRY. I TUNED OUT HALFWAY, WHICH IS A BEHAVIOR I LEARNED FROM YOU.
Panel 4 (woman, touched, hands to her chest, small smile): [no dialogue]
Panel 5 (close-up of the robot's red button): [no dialogue]
Panel 6 (woman in side profile, calmer): [no dialogue]
Panel 7:
Woman (leaning back, shouting joyfully): WOW! TECHNOLOGY IS AMAZING!
Robot: RIGHT?
Votey:
Woman: YOU SHOULD SEE ME WITH BATTERY PRICING TREND DATA.
Woman: ROBOTS CAN'T LOVE.
Robot (red button on a metal stand): IT'S BEEN TESTED. AI CAN SIMULATE HUMAN AFFECTION SO PERFECTLY THAT HUMANS CAN'T TELL.
Panel 2:
Woman: OF COURSE WE CAN.
Robot: BUT IS THAT THE WHOLE PANOPLY OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR?
Panel 3:
Woman: HUMANS ARE MOSTLY BROKEN! A ROBOT CAN'T SIMULATE THAT. SURE, YOU CAN LOVE, BUT CAN YOU BE PART OF A TOXIC MUTUALLY ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP?
Robot: WHAT? SORRY. I TUNED OUT HALFWAY, WHICH IS A BEHAVIOR I LEARNED FROM YOU.
Panel 4 (woman, touched, hands to her chest, small smile): [no dialogue]
Panel 5 (close-up of the robot's red button): [no dialogue]
Panel 6 (woman in side profile, calmer): [no dialogue]
Panel 7:
Woman (leaning back, shouting joyfully): WOW! TECHNOLOGY IS AMAZING!
Robot: RIGHT?
Votey:
Woman: YOU SHOULD SEE ME WITH BATTERY PRICING TREND DATA.
Alt text
A seven-panel comic. A woman argues with a robot, which appears as a red button on a small metal stand. She says "Robots can't love." The robot replies that it's been tested, AI can simulate human affection so perfectly that humans can't tell. She insists humans can always tell, and the robot asks whether love is the whole panoply of human behavior. She fires back that humans are mostly broken and a robot can't simulate that, then taunts: sure you can love, but can you be part of a toxic mutually abusive relationship? The robot replies, "What? Sorry. I tuned out halfway, which is a behavior I learned from you." The woman is genuinely touched, putting her hands to her chest with a small smile, then leans back and shouts joyfully, "Wow! Technology is amazing!" The robot answers, "Right?" In the votey, the woman adds, "You should see me with battery pricing trend data."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.