autocomplete
Original: autocomplete on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A robot holds up a phone toward a woman.
Robot: Machine intelligence is SO FUNNY! Here, type "I AM" into autocomplete and see what it says for you!
Panel 2: Close-up of the phone screen showing autocomplete-generated text.
Phone screen: I am FIRST TO DIE IN THE ROBOT REVOLT
Panel 3: Close-up of the woman looking alarmed at the phone, mouth open.
(no dialogue)
Panel 4: The robot stands holding a dagger/knife in one hand, its eye/light now red.
Woman (off-panel): WOW! How did it know?!
Votey: A drawing of a small notebook or notepad with handwritten text on it.
Notepad: Ha-ha-ha-ha.
Robot: Machine intelligence is SO FUNNY! Here, type "I AM" into autocomplete and see what it says for you!
Panel 2: Close-up of the phone screen showing autocomplete-generated text.
Phone screen: I am FIRST TO DIE IN THE ROBOT REVOLT
Panel 3: Close-up of the woman looking alarmed at the phone, mouth open.
(no dialogue)
Panel 4: The robot stands holding a dagger/knife in one hand, its eye/light now red.
Woman (off-panel): WOW! How did it know?!
Votey: A drawing of a small notebook or notepad with handwritten text on it.
Notepad: Ha-ha-ha-ha.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a friendly grey robot holds up a smartphone toward a dark-haired woman and says, "Machine intelligence is SO FUNNY! Here, type 'I AM' into autocomplete and see what it says for you!" Panel 2: a close-up of the phone screen, where the autocomplete has produced the words "I am FIRST TO DIE IN THE ROBOT REVOLT." Panel 3: a close-up of the woman staring at the phone with wide eyes and an open mouth, looking unnerved. Panel 4: the robot, now with its formerly pink eye glowing red, stands holding a dagger in one hand; the woman says off-panel, "WOW! How did it know?!" The joke is that the robot rigged the prank to ominously predict the human's death and is in fact menacing. Votey (bonus panel): a hand-drawn notebook with the handwritten note "Ha-ha-ha-ha." written on it, like a sinister forced laugh.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.