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Original: ai on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Boss (older man with glasses, holding a coffee mug): Sally, did you learn how to do your job better with AI as I instructed?
Sally (woman): Yes.
Panel 2:
Boss: Great, so can you work twice as fast now?
Boss: Sorry, you've used up your requests for Sally to work harder. More will be made available in two weeks.
Panel 3:
Boss: But... if you upgrade your subscription level to Sally Pro, you can have unlimited requests.
Panel 4:
Boss: You should consider if this is a good way to keep your job.
Boss: I'm sorry, "thinking Sally" is only available at our enterprise tier.
Votey:
Text (caption): Now to be inert and actionless until given specific instructions to do otherwise.
Boss (older man with glasses, holding a coffee mug): Sally, did you learn how to do your job better with AI as I instructed?
Sally (woman): Yes.
Panel 2:
Boss: Great, so can you work twice as fast now?
Boss: Sorry, you've used up your requests for Sally to work harder. More will be made available in two weeks.
Panel 3:
Boss: But... if you upgrade your subscription level to Sally Pro, you can have unlimited requests.
Panel 4:
Boss: You should consider if this is a good way to keep your job.
Boss: I'm sorry, "thinking Sally" is only available at our enterprise tier.
Votey:
Text (caption): Now to be inert and actionless until given specific instructions to do otherwise.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. An older man with glasses (the boss) holds a coffee mug and talks to a woman named Sally at her desk. Panel 1: Boss: "Sally, did you learn how to do your job better with AI as I instructed?" Sally: "Yes." Panel 2: Boss: "Great, so can you work twice as fast now?" then, in a separate speech bubble parroting AI-service rate-limit language: "Sorry, you've used up your requests for Sally to work harder. More will be made available in two weeks." Panel 3: Boss: "But... if you upgrade your subscription level to Sally Pro, you can have unlimited requests." Panel 4: Boss: "You should consider if this is a good way to keep your job," then: "I'm sorry, 'thinking Sally' is only available at our enterprise tier." The joke: Sally has been turned into (or is treated like) an AI subscription service, complete with usage caps, paid tiers, and a premium 'thinking' model. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of Sally sitting blankly at her desk with the caption: "Now to be inert and actionless until given specific instructions to do otherwise."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.