control
Original: control on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Caption (pink banner): AI THEORISTS:
Woman with dark hair and glasses, seated, speaking: "As of yet, we cannot be certain if there is any way for a simpler system to override and control a smarter system."
Panel 2:
Caption (pink banner): MEANWHILE, IN THE PART OF MY BRAIN INTERESTED EXCLUSIVELY IN FOOD AND SEX:
A woman with flame-like red hair, reading a book, speaking commandingly: "No more math for you, cerebral cortex! Math boring! Pants off, cake in!"
Reply (smaller voice): "Yes... master..."
Votey:
Ultimately, humanity was doomed by Weinersmith's suggestion that giving the machines overwhelming desires and a total lack of control would somehow lead to greater safety.
This is considered the funniest piece of Earth history in 70% of surveyed galaxies.
Caption (pink banner): AI THEORISTS:
Woman with dark hair and glasses, seated, speaking: "As of yet, we cannot be certain if there is any way for a simpler system to override and control a smarter system."
Panel 2:
Caption (pink banner): MEANWHILE, IN THE PART OF MY BRAIN INTERESTED EXCLUSIVELY IN FOOD AND SEX:
A woman with flame-like red hair, reading a book, speaking commandingly: "No more math for you, cerebral cortex! Math boring! Pants off, cake in!"
Reply (smaller voice): "Yes... master..."
Votey:
Ultimately, humanity was doomed by Weinersmith's suggestion that giving the machines overwhelming desires and a total lack of control would somehow lead to greater safety.
This is considered the funniest piece of Earth history in 70% of surveyed galaxies.
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1, labeled "AI THEORISTS," shows a serious dark-haired woman with glasses sitting at a desk saying, "As of yet, we cannot be certain if there is any way for a simpler system to override and control a smarter system." Panel 2 is labeled "MEANWHILE, IN THE PART OF MY BRAIN INTERESTED EXCLUSIVELY IN FOOD AND SEX." A red-haired woman reading a book issues commands: "No more math for you, cerebral cortex! Math boring! Pants off, cake in!" A meeker voice answers, "Yes... master..." The joke: a crude, simple part of the brain easily overrides the smarter rational part, undercutting the AI theorists' uncertainty. Votey (aftercomic): a block of text reading, "Ultimately, humanity was doomed by Weinersmith's suggestion that giving the machines overwhelming desires and a total lack of control would somehow lead to greater safety. This is considered the funniest piece of Earth history in 70% of surveyed galaxies."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.