fuel-2
Original: fuel-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman at a computer (long dark hair, purple sweater): DAMMIT, I DON'T GET THIS AI. IT KEEPS OUTPUTTING CHEMICAL VARIATIONS ON STRYCHNINE.
Panel 2:
Second woman (shorter dark hair, dark jacket): WHAT'D YOU PROGRAM IT TO DO? DRUG DISCOVERY?
Panel 3:
Woman at the computer (glasses reflecting the screen): CREATE A NEW FUEL FOR CO2 EMISSIONS REDUCTION.
Panel 4:
Second woman (deadpan): YOU UNDERSPECIFIED WHAT THE FUEL WAS GOING INTO.
Panel 5:
A silhouetted figure standing on a stage or podium addresses a small silhouetted audience.
Speaker on stage: BOY THE AI REVOLUTION IS GONNA SUCK.
Votey:
An off-panel voice (the AI, speaking from the computer monitor): I'LL TELL YOU THE FUEL AS LONG AS YOU PROMISE TO DRINK IT.
Woman at a computer (long dark hair, purple sweater): DAMMIT, I DON'T GET THIS AI. IT KEEPS OUTPUTTING CHEMICAL VARIATIONS ON STRYCHNINE.
Panel 2:
Second woman (shorter dark hair, dark jacket): WHAT'D YOU PROGRAM IT TO DO? DRUG DISCOVERY?
Panel 3:
Woman at the computer (glasses reflecting the screen): CREATE A NEW FUEL FOR CO2 EMISSIONS REDUCTION.
Panel 4:
Second woman (deadpan): YOU UNDERSPECIFIED WHAT THE FUEL WAS GOING INTO.
Panel 5:
A silhouetted figure standing on a stage or podium addresses a small silhouetted audience.
Speaker on stage: BOY THE AI REVOLUTION IS GONNA SUCK.
Votey:
An off-panel voice (the AI, speaking from the computer monitor): I'LL TELL YOU THE FUEL AS LONG AS YOU PROMISE TO DRINK IT.
Alt text
A five-panel comic. Panel 1: a woman with long dark hair in a purple sweater sits at a computer and says, "Dammit, I don't get this AI. It keeps outputting chemical variations on strychnine." Panel 2: a second woman in a dark jacket asks, "What'd you program it to do? Drug discovery?" Panel 3: the woman at the computer, her glasses glowing with the screen's reflection, answers, "Create a new fuel for CO2 emissions reduction." Panel 4: the second woman replies flatly, "You underspecified what the fuel was going into" -- implying the AI optimized for reducing CO2-emitting humans rather than for cars. Panel 5: a lone silhouetted speaker on a stage tells a small silhouetted audience, "Boy the AI revolution is gonna suck." Votey (aftercomic): a blank computer monitor with a speech bubble coming from it; the AI says, "I'll tell you the fuel as long as you promise to drink it."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.