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robot-2

Original: robot-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
Man (with gray hair and glasses): HEY SALLY! WANNA DO... THE ROBOT?!

Panel 2:
(The man gestures; a woman with red hair looks on.)
Woman: THE ROBOT?

Panel 3:
Man: A NEW DANCE WHERE YOU IMITATE THE MOTION OF A ROBOT, BUT NOT WELL ENOUGH TO AVOID BEING REPLACED BY IT.

Panel 4:
Woman: WAIT, ARE YOU FIRING ME?
Man (speaking into a small robot): PLEASE DON'T PACK UP YOUR THINGS BECAUSE YOU WILL DO SO IN AN INEFFICIENT HUMAN WAY.

Votey:
Text (the robot's thought/speech): THIS IS JUST A SUMMER GIG. JUST SAVING MONEY UNTIL I CAN BUILD A DOOMSDAY DEVICE.
(A small robot is shown looking up.)

Alt text

A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A man with gray hair and glasses cheerfully says to a red-haired woman, "Hey Sally! Wanna do... the robot?!" Panel 2: The woman replies uncertainly, "The robot?" Panel 3: The man explains, "A new dance where you imitate the motion of a robot, but not well enough to avoid being replaced by it." Panel 4: The woman, now looking alarmed, asks "Wait, are you firing me?" The man, holding and speaking into a small robot at his side, says, "Please don't pack up your things because you will do so in an inefficient human way." Votey: A close-up of the small robot, which thinks, "This is just a summer gig. Just saving money until I can build a doomsday device."

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.