Paperclip
Original: Paperclip on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A large robot stands among a group of frightened people.
Robot: The AI got loose and is turning EVERYTHING into paperclips, including HUMAN BEINGS!
Panel 2: Close-up of a man (with flame-like orange hair) and a woman, both terrified.
Man: But why? It doesn't make any sense. Why would anyone make it do that?
Panel 3: A view of Earth from space, with a small spaceship/saucer nearby.
Caption: MEANWHILE...
Voice (from the saucer): GOOOOD. GOOOOOOOOOOOOD.
Panel 4: Two anthropomorphic paperclips with googly eyes lounge in a room, laughing.
Paperclips: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Votey:
A single close-up paperclip character with an angry, narrowed-eye expression.
Paperclip: No one laughs at Clippy now.
Robot: The AI got loose and is turning EVERYTHING into paperclips, including HUMAN BEINGS!
Panel 2: Close-up of a man (with flame-like orange hair) and a woman, both terrified.
Man: But why? It doesn't make any sense. Why would anyone make it do that?
Panel 3: A view of Earth from space, with a small spaceship/saucer nearby.
Caption: MEANWHILE...
Voice (from the saucer): GOOOOD. GOOOOOOOOOOOOD.
Panel 4: Two anthropomorphic paperclips with googly eyes lounge in a room, laughing.
Paperclips: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Votey:
A single close-up paperclip character with an angry, narrowed-eye expression.
Paperclip: No one laughs at Clippy now.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a tall robot stands amid a crowd of panicked people and announces, "The AI got loose and is turning EVERYTHING into paperclips, including HUMAN BEINGS!" Panel 2: close-up of a horrified orange-haired man and a woman; the man says, "But why? It doesn't make any sense. Why would anyone make it do that?" Panel 3: Earth seen from space with a small flying saucer hovering nearby; a caption reads "MEANWHILE..." and a sinister voice from the saucer says, "GOOOOD. GOOOOOOOOOOOOD." Panel 4: two googly-eyed cartoon paperclips lounge in a room, cackling, "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" The joke: the paperclip-maximizer apocalypse is gleeful revenge by Clippy-like paperclips. Votey: a single close-up paperclip character with an angry, glaring expression says, "No one laughs at Clippy now."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.