model
Original: model on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (red hair, glasses): Sorry, I don't enjoy first date smalltalk.
Panel 2:
Woman (red hair, glasses): Instead, let's each instantiate a model of our respective minds, have them converse, and see what the output is.
(A man with dark curly hair sits across the table.)
Panel 3:
Caption: Shortly...
(Two small AI/robot devices sit facing each other on the table.)
Device: Sex on second date, 6 month relationship, then living together strains relationship until broken.
Panel 4:
Device: Not bad, not bad!
Man: Looking forward to working with you, Stephanie.
Woman: Likewise!
(The man and woman shake hands.)
Votey:
Speech bubble (from off-panel, pointing toward a person whose torso and arm are shown): At maximum emotional strain, vow to serve machine, not man.
Woman (red hair, glasses): Sorry, I don't enjoy first date smalltalk.
Panel 2:
Woman (red hair, glasses): Instead, let's each instantiate a model of our respective minds, have them converse, and see what the output is.
(A man with dark curly hair sits across the table.)
Panel 3:
Caption: Shortly...
(Two small AI/robot devices sit facing each other on the table.)
Device: Sex on second date, 6 month relationship, then living together strains relationship until broken.
Panel 4:
Device: Not bad, not bad!
Man: Looking forward to working with you, Stephanie.
Woman: Likewise!
(The man and woman shake hands.)
Votey:
Speech bubble (from off-panel, pointing toward a person whose torso and arm are shown): At maximum emotional strain, vow to serve machine, not man.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic about a date. Panel 1: A red-haired woman in glasses says, "Sorry, I don't enjoy first date smalltalk." Panel 2: She continues, "Instead, let's each instantiate a model of our respective minds, have them converse, and see what the output is," facing a dark-haired man across the table. Panel 3, captioned "Shortly...": two small robot/AI devices sit facing each other on the table; one says, "Sex on second date, 6 month relationship, then living together strains relationship until broken." Panel 4: a device replies "Not bad, not bad!" while the man and woman shake hands; he says "Looking forward to working with you, Stephanie," and she answers "Likewise!"—treating the simulated relationship outcome as a successful business deal. Votey: a speech bubble points at a person, advising, "At maximum emotional strain, vow to serve machine, not man."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.