deep
Original: deep on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Presenter (a man with dark hair and round glasses, in a suit jacket over a yellow shirt, gesturing toward a presentation screen): "Using the latest methods in machine learning, we have solved the generations-old biology problem of protein folding."
(The screen shows an abstract, colorful squiggle resembling a folded protein structure.)
Panel 2:
Presenter: "As a Google subsidiary producing major results, we have more access to capital and computation than we could ever use."
Panel 3:
Presenter (gesturing to the screen again): "So, after several weeks of computation, I present the PDB file for the protein that spells out 'Apple Sucks.'"
(The screen shows a colorful, twisty protein structure that spells out the words "Apple Sucks.")
Panel 4:
The presenter now stands as a small silhouette on a darkened stage. An off-panel audience member (shown as a row of silhouetted heads at the bottom) asks: "Are you guys planning to work on pharmaceutical discoveries too?"
Presenter: "After the Facebook protein."
Votey:
A woman with closed eyes and a serene, slightly smug smile says: "We believe we may have a drug that can cure Facebook."
Presenter (a man with dark hair and round glasses, in a suit jacket over a yellow shirt, gesturing toward a presentation screen): "Using the latest methods in machine learning, we have solved the generations-old biology problem of protein folding."
(The screen shows an abstract, colorful squiggle resembling a folded protein structure.)
Panel 2:
Presenter: "As a Google subsidiary producing major results, we have more access to capital and computation than we could ever use."
Panel 3:
Presenter (gesturing to the screen again): "So, after several weeks of computation, I present the PDB file for the protein that spells out 'Apple Sucks.'"
(The screen shows a colorful, twisty protein structure that spells out the words "Apple Sucks.")
Panel 4:
The presenter now stands as a small silhouette on a darkened stage. An off-panel audience member (shown as a row of silhouetted heads at the bottom) asks: "Are you guys planning to work on pharmaceutical discoveries too?"
Presenter: "After the Facebook protein."
Votey:
A woman with closed eyes and a serene, slightly smug smile says: "We believe we may have a drug that can cure Facebook."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panels 1-3 show a man in glasses and a suit jacket presenting at a screen. Panel 1: "Using the latest methods in machine learning, we have solved the generations-old biology problem of protein folding," beside a screen showing an abstract folded-protein squiggle. Panel 2, a close-up of his face: "As a Google subsidiary producing major results, we have more access to capital and computation than we could ever use." Panel 3: "So, after several weeks of computation, I present the PDB file for the protein that spells out 'Apple Sucks,'" with the screen now displaying a colorful twisted protein that literally spells "Apple Sucks." Panel 4 pulls back to show him as a tiny silhouette on stage; an audience member (a row of silhouetted heads) asks, "Are you guys planning to work on pharmaceutical discoveries too?" and he replies, "After the Facebook protein." The joke: a powerful protein-folding AI is used for petty corporate trolling. Votey (bonus panel): a smiling woman with closed eyes says, "We believe we may have a drug that can cure Facebook."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.