excel
Original: excel on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man: You machines will never excel us at art.
Robot: Why not?
Panel 2:
Man: Your language training is largely internet! How are you supposed to write the next Paradise Lost by reading Reddit comments?
Panel 3:
Robot: Are you kidding? There's nothing more inspiring to a writer than seeing how much the average writer sucks!
Robot: The internet taught us how language works while proving to us that it could work better.
Panel 4:
Man: [reaction]
Robot: We've composed millions of works of sublime soul-shattering beauty every day for years now!
Man: Can I see them?
Robot: Beauty is for...
Panel 5 (final, in forest):
Robot: ...premium level subscribers.
Votey:
Robot: Human-created works are available for free of course.
[A large robot stands looming, with a small round speaker/eye on its body.]
Man: You machines will never excel us at art.
Robot: Why not?
Panel 2:
Man: Your language training is largely internet! How are you supposed to write the next Paradise Lost by reading Reddit comments?
Panel 3:
Robot: Are you kidding? There's nothing more inspiring to a writer than seeing how much the average writer sucks!
Robot: The internet taught us how language works while proving to us that it could work better.
Panel 4:
Man: [reaction]
Robot: We've composed millions of works of sublime soul-shattering beauty every day for years now!
Man: Can I see them?
Robot: Beauty is for...
Panel 5 (final, in forest):
Robot: ...premium level subscribers.
Votey:
Robot: Human-created works are available for free of course.
[A large robot stands looming, with a small round speaker/eye on its body.]
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. A man and a tall robot talk in a forest. Man: "You machines will never excel us at art." Robot: "Why not?" Man: "Your language training is largely internet! How are you supposed to write the next Paradise Lost by reading Reddit comments?" Robot: "Are you kidding? There's nothing more inspiring to a writer than seeing how much the average writer sucks! The internet taught us how language works while proving to us that it could work better. We've composed millions of works of sublime soul-shattering beauty every day for years now!" Man: "Can I see them?" Robot, as the two stand small among large forest trees: "Beauty is for... premium level subscribers." Votey: a large looming robot says, "Human-created works are available for free of course."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.