model-behavior
Original: model-behavior on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A robber holding a knife confronts a victim against a brick wall. Robber: "GIMME YER WALLET!"
Panel 2: A second figure (the robber's accomplice / economic modeler) interrupts, holding the robber back. Accomplice: "YOU'VE MADE A MISTAKE, CROOK. I'M AN ECONOMIC MODELER!"
Panel 3: The accomplice lectures while the robber looks on. Accomplice: "BEHOLD! IF WE FACTOR IN YOUR RISK OF BEING ARRESTED RIGHT NOW AGAINST THE AVERAGE CONTENTS OF A WALLET, YOUR EXPECTED UTILITY FROM THIS INTERACTION IS NEGATIVE! THEREFORE, THIS MUGGING CAN'T OCCUR!"
Panel 4: The robber, now confused/uneasy, lowers the knife. Robber: "WHAT THE--"
Panel 5: The economic modeler throws their head back, eyes wide, laughing maniacally in a burst of light. Accomplice: "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Votey: Close-up of the economic modeler with a small, composed smile. Economic modeler: "AND NOW I CEASE MY EVIL LAUGHTER WHICH IS NON-OPTIMAL."
Panel 2: A second figure (the robber's accomplice / economic modeler) interrupts, holding the robber back. Accomplice: "YOU'VE MADE A MISTAKE, CROOK. I'M AN ECONOMIC MODELER!"
Panel 3: The accomplice lectures while the robber looks on. Accomplice: "BEHOLD! IF WE FACTOR IN YOUR RISK OF BEING ARRESTED RIGHT NOW AGAINST THE AVERAGE CONTENTS OF A WALLET, YOUR EXPECTED UTILITY FROM THIS INTERACTION IS NEGATIVE! THEREFORE, THIS MUGGING CAN'T OCCUR!"
Panel 4: The robber, now confused/uneasy, lowers the knife. Robber: "WHAT THE--"
Panel 5: The economic modeler throws their head back, eyes wide, laughing maniacally in a burst of light. Accomplice: "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Votey: Close-up of the economic modeler with a small, composed smile. Economic modeler: "AND NOW I CEASE MY EVIL LAUGHTER WHICH IS NON-OPTIMAL."
Alt text
A five-panel comic about a mugging interrupted by economics. Panel 1: a knife-wielding robber threatens a person against a brick wall, demanding "Gimme yer wallet!" Panel 2: a second person grabs the robber and announces, "You've made a mistake, crook. I'm an economic modeler!" Panel 3: the economic modeler explains that if you factor the robber's risk of arrest against the average contents of a wallet, the expected utility of the interaction is negative, so "this mugging can't occur!" Panel 4: the confused robber lowers the knife, muttering "What the--". Panel 5: the economic modeler throws their head back in a burst of light, laughing maniacally: "Ahahahaha!" Votey: a close-up of the economic modeler, now wearing a small composed smile, calmly saying, "And now I cease my evil laughter which is non-optimal."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.