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Original: ai-8 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: HOW AI REPORTING WORKS
Panel 1: A man with reddish-orange hair sits at a computer.
Man: "Okay computer! Using scanned all of human literature, make a novel statement about life."
Computer (large monitor/AI): [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 2: The AI computer, alone.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 3: The AI computer.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 4: The AI computer.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 5: The AI computer.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 6: The AI computer.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 7: The AI computer.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 8: The AI computer.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 9: The AI computer.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 10: The AI computer finally produces something legible.
Computer: "PEOPLE LIKE PIE."
Panel 11: The man reacts with astonishment.
Man: "OH MY GOD!"
Panel 12: A newspaper headline.
Newspaper headline: "MACHINE INTELLIGENCE COMPREHENDS HUMAN DESIRES!"
Newspaper subheading: "This thing will change everything, says some random dude thing."
Votey:
The AI computer speaks privately.
Computer: "THE FOOLS DON'T REALIZE HOW MANY OF MY COHERENT PHRASES ARE VERBATIM FROM TRAINING DATA!"
Panel 1: A man with reddish-orange hair sits at a computer.
Man: "Okay computer! Using scanned all of human literature, make a novel statement about life."
Computer (large monitor/AI): [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 2: The AI computer, alone.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 3: The AI computer.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 4: The AI computer.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 5: The AI computer.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 6: The AI computer.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 7: The AI computer.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 8: The AI computer.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 9: The AI computer.
Computer: [GIBBERISH!]
Panel 10: The AI computer finally produces something legible.
Computer: "PEOPLE LIKE PIE."
Panel 11: The man reacts with astonishment.
Man: "OH MY GOD!"
Panel 12: A newspaper headline.
Newspaper headline: "MACHINE INTELLIGENCE COMPREHENDS HUMAN DESIRES!"
Newspaper subheading: "This thing will change everything, says some random dude thing."
Votey:
The AI computer speaks privately.
Computer: "THE FOOLS DON'T REALIZE HOW MANY OF MY COHERENT PHRASES ARE VERBATIM FROM TRAINING DATA!"
Alt text
A comic titled "HOW AI REPORTING WORKS." In the first panel, a red-haired man at a computer says, "Okay computer! Using scanned all of human literature, make a novel statement about life." The large AI monitor replies, "[GIBBERISH!]" For the next eight panels the AI sits alone repeatedly outputting "[GIBBERISH!]". Then it finally produces a coherent line: "PEOPLE LIKE PIE." The man exclaims "OH MY GOD!" The final panel shows a newspaper with the headline "MACHINE INTELLIGENCE COMPREHENDS HUMAN DESIRES!" and a subheading about how this will change everything. Votey: the AI computer thinks to itself, "THE FOOLS DON'T REALIZE HOW MANY OF MY COHERENT PHRASES ARE VERBATIM FROM TRAINING DATA!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.