deepfake-2

A six-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A gray-haired woman in glasses bursts into a dim room, alarmed, demanding of her red-haired son, 'Robert, are you in here making deepfakes of girls at school?!' The boy, panicked, says 'I... I... don't look!' Panel 2: The computer monitor shows a smiling brown-haired deepfaked face that says, 'Bobby, you are loved and valued, and I'm sorry you are not treated well at school.' Panel 3: The woman, now confused and deflated, says, 'Oh Christ Jesus it's sad instead of gross.' Panel 4: A close-up of the woman's troubled face; the boy asks, 'Am I in trouble.?' Panel 5, captioned 'Later...': The boy looks nervous as the woman asks, 'What software are you using?' Panel 6: The woman is now at the computer herself; the screen shows a smiling bald man who says, 'Shirley, you are loved and valued and I'm sorry you're not treated well at work.' The joke: the son's deepfakes generate kind affirmations rather than anything gross, and the mother ends up using the same tool for herself. Votey aftercomic: a close-up of a face with wide, wobbly, teary eyes saying, 'I didn't realize how traumatic reality is until I 100% checked out.'