bad-code
Original: bad-code on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Doctor: Good news, Mister Jenkins! You know how you have a suite of mental pathologies?
Man (Mister Jenkins): Yup.
Panel 2:
Doctor: We have taken all the things you've ever said and fed them to an AI. The AI now reproduces ALL OF YOUR PROBLEMS in its behavior.
Panel 3:
Doctor: Now, rather than a costly and inconclusive brain scan we just need to search the AI's code for the faulty connections! We then find the offending node and fix it. The analogous neuron in your brain and fix the thing!
Man: Uhhh.
Panel 4:
Man: So... anxious bottle up deflect with cliche statement?
Doctor: ...You don't know me.
Votey:
(The aftercomic shows the comic's source script as a plain text note.)
provide two more comic panels for this script
1
Doctor: good news mister jenkins! You know how you have a suite of mental pathologies?
Man: yup.
2
Doctor: we have taken all the things you've ever said and fed them to an AI. the AI now reproduces ALL OF YOUR PROBLEMS in its behavior
3
Doctor: now, rather than a costly and inconclusive brain scan we just need to search the AI's code for the faulty connections!
4
Man: really! that's amazing!
5
Doctor: yes, and the best part is that we can fix the AI's problems without any side effects or risks to you!
6
Man: wow, I never thought a computer could help me with my mental health issues!
Doctor: Good news, Mister Jenkins! You know how you have a suite of mental pathologies?
Man (Mister Jenkins): Yup.
Panel 2:
Doctor: We have taken all the things you've ever said and fed them to an AI. The AI now reproduces ALL OF YOUR PROBLEMS in its behavior.
Panel 3:
Doctor: Now, rather than a costly and inconclusive brain scan we just need to search the AI's code for the faulty connections! We then find the offending node and fix it. The analogous neuron in your brain and fix the thing!
Man: Uhhh.
Panel 4:
Man: So... anxious bottle up deflect with cliche statement?
Doctor: ...You don't know me.
Votey:
(The aftercomic shows the comic's source script as a plain text note.)
provide two more comic panels for this script
1
Doctor: good news mister jenkins! You know how you have a suite of mental pathologies?
Man: yup.
2
Doctor: we have taken all the things you've ever said and fed them to an AI. the AI now reproduces ALL OF YOUR PROBLEMS in its behavior
3
Doctor: now, rather than a costly and inconclusive brain scan we just need to search the AI's code for the faulty connections!
4
Man: really! that's amazing!
5
Doctor: yes, and the best part is that we can fix the AI's problems without any side effects or risks to you!
6
Man: wow, I never thought a computer could help me with my mental health issues!
Alt text
A four-panel comic in a doctor's office. A doctor in a white coat speaks excitedly to a seated patient, Mister Jenkins. Panel 1: The doctor says "Good news, Mister Jenkins! You know how you have a suite of mental pathologies?" and the man replies "Yup." Panel 2: The doctor explains they fed everything the man has ever said to an AI, which now reproduces ALL OF HIS PROBLEMS in its behavior. Panel 3: The doctor enthusiastically describes searching the AI's code for faulty connections to find and fix the offending node rather than doing a costly brain scan, while the man looks uneasy and says "Uhhh." Panel 4: The man deadpans "So... anxious, bottle up, deflect with cliche statement?" and the doctor, taken aback, replies "...You don't know me." The joke: the man instantly diagnoses the doctor's own avoidant behavior. Votey (aftercomic): A plain text note showing the AI prompt that supposedly generated the comic, reading "provide two more comic panels for this script," followed by the six numbered original script panels, ending with the man cheerfully saying "wow, I never thought a computer could help me with my mental health issues!" The bit reveals the comic itself was extended by an AI given the setup script.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.