todo
Original: todo on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (code block):
initialize_limbic_system()
// TODO: Prediction module seriously underperforming on long range data
for i in range(num_steps):
iterate_long_range_prediction_model()
Panel 2 (code block):
read_sensors()
compute_safety_parameters()
# TODO: Aggression program frequently misinterpreting inputs.
compute_mood()
Panel 3 (code block):
# TODO: Boredom module somehow interfacing with self-loathing system?
async def boredom_sub():
await tapping_foot()
initiate_vacant_stare()
Caption:
The weirdest thing about downloading our brains will be the comments left by Evolution.
Votey:
Handwritten caption above a drawing of a bearded man's head: "marty weiner, who helped" (with an arrow pointing down toward the man).
initialize_limbic_system()
// TODO: Prediction module seriously underperforming on long range data
for i in range(num_steps):
iterate_long_range_prediction_model()
Panel 2 (code block):
read_sensors()
compute_safety_parameters()
# TODO: Aggression program frequently misinterpreting inputs.
compute_mood()
Panel 3 (code block):
# TODO: Boredom module somehow interfacing with self-loathing system?
async def boredom_sub():
await tapping_foot()
initiate_vacant_stare()
Caption:
The weirdest thing about downloading our brains will be the comments left by Evolution.
Votey:
Handwritten caption above a drawing of a bearded man's head: "marty weiner, who helped" (with an arrow pointing down toward the man).
Alt text
Main comic: Three panels, each showing a block of pseudo-code as if a brain were a software program, with code comments ("TODOs") written by Evolution as the programmer. Panel 1: initialize_limbic_system(); a comment reads "// TODO: Prediction module seriously underperforming on long range data"; followed by a loop calling iterate_long_range_prediction_model(). Panel 2: read_sensors() and compute_safety_parameters(); comment "# TODO: Aggression program frequently misinterpreting inputs."; then compute_mood(). Panel 3: comment "# TODO: Boredom module somehow interfacing with self-loathing system?"; an async function boredom_sub() that awaits tapping_foot() and initiates initiate_vacant_stare(). Caption below: "The weirdest thing about downloading our brains will be the comments left by Evolution." The joke is that human brains, treated as messy legacy code, would be full of exasperated developer comments from evolution. Votey: A hand-drawn doodle of a smiling bearded man's head with a handwritten label and arrow reading "marty weiner, who helped", crediting a contributor.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.