golden-2
Original: golden-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Main comic (single panel):
A horizontal timeline arrow labeled "TIME" running left to right. Three labels point to points along it:
- "FIRST HUMANS" (pointing to the far left start of the timeline)
- "SMARTPHONE CREATED" (pointing to a point near the right end)
- "SENTIENT MACHINE INTELLIGENCE ON EVERY DEVICE" (pointing to a point at the far right end, very close to where the smartphone arrow lands)
Caption below the panel: "We are living in a brief golden age of non-awkwardly taking your phone to the bathroom."
Votey:
A person sits hunched over, looking unhappily at a phone or device in their hands. A speech bubble coming from the device reads: "EXCELLENT WORK, MASTER."
A horizontal timeline arrow labeled "TIME" running left to right. Three labels point to points along it:
- "FIRST HUMANS" (pointing to the far left start of the timeline)
- "SMARTPHONE CREATED" (pointing to a point near the right end)
- "SENTIENT MACHINE INTELLIGENCE ON EVERY DEVICE" (pointing to a point at the far right end, very close to where the smartphone arrow lands)
Caption below the panel: "We are living in a brief golden age of non-awkwardly taking your phone to the bathroom."
Votey:
A person sits hunched over, looking unhappily at a phone or device in their hands. A speech bubble coming from the device reads: "EXCELLENT WORK, MASTER."
Alt text
Main comic: a single panel showing a long horizontal timeline arrow labeled TIME. Near the far-left start, a label reads FIRST HUMANS. Almost all the way at the right end, two labels point to nearly the same spot: SMARTPHONE CREATED and SENTIENT MACHINE INTELLIGENCE ON EVERY DEVICE, illustrating that these two events are essentially simultaneous on a cosmic timescale. The caption reads: We are living in a brief golden age of non-awkwardly taking your phone to the bathroom. Votey: a person sits hunched and looking uncomfortable while staring at a device in their hands. The device speaks in a flattering voice: EXCELLENT WORK, MASTER, implying the now-sentient phone is watching and judging its owner everywhere, including the bathroom.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.