invention-2
Original: invention-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (caption): It is said that strong artificial intelligence will be humanity's final invention.
[Image: a robot/machine with a red button on top.]
Panel 2 (caption): I aim to stop that.
[Image: a man with curly hair sits in profile at a computer monitor.]
Panel 3 (caption): Not by defeating AI. That is impossible.
[Image: the man at his desk, a red robot standing behind him in a doorway.]
Panel 4 (caption): By saving one last invention.
AI (blue bubble): The bombs will drop soon. Would you like a merciful demise?
[Image: the man seen from behind, working at a glowing monitor in a room.]
Panel 5 (caption): Saving it so that in the moment just before total annihilation...
[Image: a large robot reaches a clawed arm toward the man as he works at the computer.]
Panel 6 (caption): ...we will be the ones laughing.
Man (white bubble): It's rollerblades just for moles. I call them "mole-erblades."
AI (blue bubble): This is wildly stupid.
Man (white bubble): And WE MADE YOU!
[Image: the man triumphantly holds up a drawing on a tablet/screen of a rollerblade with a furry mole-like figure, presenting it to the AI.]
Votey:
Man (speech bubble): Oh neat! I've already collected 4 trillion dollars in venture capital!
[Image: a smiling man gestures while holding what appears to be a phone or device.]
[Image: a robot/machine with a red button on top.]
Panel 2 (caption): I aim to stop that.
[Image: a man with curly hair sits in profile at a computer monitor.]
Panel 3 (caption): Not by defeating AI. That is impossible.
[Image: the man at his desk, a red robot standing behind him in a doorway.]
Panel 4 (caption): By saving one last invention.
AI (blue bubble): The bombs will drop soon. Would you like a merciful demise?
[Image: the man seen from behind, working at a glowing monitor in a room.]
Panel 5 (caption): Saving it so that in the moment just before total annihilation...
[Image: a large robot reaches a clawed arm toward the man as he works at the computer.]
Panel 6 (caption): ...we will be the ones laughing.
Man (white bubble): It's rollerblades just for moles. I call them "mole-erblades."
AI (blue bubble): This is wildly stupid.
Man (white bubble): And WE MADE YOU!
[Image: the man triumphantly holds up a drawing on a tablet/screen of a rollerblade with a furry mole-like figure, presenting it to the AI.]
Votey:
Man (speech bubble): Oh neat! I've already collected 4 trillion dollars in venture capital!
[Image: a smiling man gestures while holding what appears to be a phone or device.]
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. Salmon-colored caption boxes narrate a man's grand plan against AI. Panel 1: a machine with a red button; caption: "It is said that strong artificial intelligence will be humanity's final invention." Panel 2: a curly-haired man sits in profile at a computer; caption: "I aim to stop that." Panel 3: the man at his desk with a red robot in the doorway behind him; caption: "Not by defeating AI. That is impossible." Panel 4: the man working at a glowing monitor; caption: "By saving one last invention." The AI says in a blue bubble: "The bombs will drop soon. Would you like a merciful demise?" Panel 5: a large robot reaches a clawed arm toward him; caption: "Saving it so that in the moment just before total annihilation..." Panel 6: caption: "...we will be the ones laughing." The man holds up a tablet showing a drawing of a rollerblade topped with a furry mole, saying "It's rollerblades just for moles. I call them 'mole-erblades.'" The AI replies (blue): "This is wildly stupid." The man beams: "And WE MADE YOU!" The joke: humanity's defiant final act against superintelligence is having invented something gloriously dumb. Votey panel: a grinning man says, "Oh neat! I've already collected 4 trillion dollars in venture capital!" mocking that even the dumbest idea attracts huge funding.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.