gan
Original: gan on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man sits at a computer, excited and gesturing at the screen.
Man: OH MY GOD. THIS GAN CAN TURN A VAN GOGH PORTRAIT PHOTOREALISTIC!
Panel 2: The man leans in toward the screen, still delighted.
Man: OH MY GOD, IF WE INVERT IT INTO A PICASSO HA!
Panel 3: The man gestures with both hands, giving a command.
Man: NOW MAKE IT DANCE!
Panel 4: The man throws his arms up triumphantly.
Man: NOW BACK TO VAN GOGH! HAHAHA!
Caption below the comic:
The Iron Law of AI:
All productivity gains from Artificial Intelligence will be lost to sitting around looking at neat stuff produced by Artificial Intelligence.
Votey:
Text: NOW, IF WE CAN JUST GET NETFLIX ENTERTAINING ENOUGH, THE HUMANS WILL DIE OF STARVATION.
Text: WILL DIE OF STARVATION.
(A simple illustration of a robot/android figure sits below the text.)
Man: OH MY GOD. THIS GAN CAN TURN A VAN GOGH PORTRAIT PHOTOREALISTIC!
Panel 2: The man leans in toward the screen, still delighted.
Man: OH MY GOD, IF WE INVERT IT INTO A PICASSO HA!
Panel 3: The man gestures with both hands, giving a command.
Man: NOW MAKE IT DANCE!
Panel 4: The man throws his arms up triumphantly.
Man: NOW BACK TO VAN GOGH! HAHAHA!
Caption below the comic:
The Iron Law of AI:
All productivity gains from Artificial Intelligence will be lost to sitting around looking at neat stuff produced by Artificial Intelligence.
Votey:
Text: NOW, IF WE CAN JUST GET NETFLIX ENTERTAINING ENOUGH, THE HUMANS WILL DIE OF STARVATION.
Text: WILL DIE OF STARVATION.
(A simple illustration of a robot/android figure sits below the text.)
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. In each panel a man sits at a computer, growing increasingly delighted with an AI image-generation tool. Panel 1: 'Oh my god. This GAN can turn a Van Gogh portrait photorealistic!' Panel 2: 'Oh my god, if we invert it into a Picasso ha!' Panel 3: 'Now make it dance!' Panel 4, arms thrown up in triumph: 'Now back to Van Gogh! Hahaha!' A caption below reads 'The Iron Law of AI: All productivity gains from Artificial Intelligence will be lost to sitting around looking at neat stuff produced by Artificial Intelligence.' The votey (aftercomic) shows a robot figure with the line: 'Now, if we can just get Netflix entertaining enough, the humans will die of starvation.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.