Opportunity
Original: Opportunity on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man with dark skin and short dark hair, wearing a teal/light-blue shirt, speaks to a woman whose back is to the viewer (she has brown hair and a reddish-pink top). The man says, in a single speech bubble:
Man: "WHAT A GREAT CONCERN ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP—YOU CAN REACH AS MUCH AS 5% OF MY NEURONS FOR 20 DOLLARS, AND UP TO 20% FOR 100 DOLLARS."
Caption (below the panel):
"The only thing I know about AI companions is that Facebook must not get them first."
Votey:
A simple black-and-white drawing of a man's face (the same speaker, drawn in a rough sketch style) with a speech bubble:
Man: "WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR SOME UNINFORMED YELLING?"
A man with dark skin and short dark hair, wearing a teal/light-blue shirt, speaks to a woman whose back is to the viewer (she has brown hair and a reddish-pink top). The man says, in a single speech bubble:
Man: "WHAT A GREAT CONCERN ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP—YOU CAN REACH AS MUCH AS 5% OF MY NEURONS FOR 20 DOLLARS, AND UP TO 20% FOR 100 DOLLARS."
Caption (below the panel):
"The only thing I know about AI companions is that Facebook must not get them first."
Votey:
A simple black-and-white drawing of a man's face (the same speaker, drawn in a rough sketch style) with a speech bubble:
Man: "WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR SOME UNINFORMED YELLING?"
Alt text
A single-panel comic. A dark-skinned man in a teal shirt earnestly addresses a brown-haired woman seen from behind (red top). His speech bubble reads: "What a great concern about our relationship—you can reach as much as 5% of my neurons for 20 dollars, and up to 20% for 100 dollars." He is framing the tiered-access pricing of an AI companion as if it were a genuine feature of a human romantic relationship. The caption beneath reads: "The only thing I know about AI companions is that Facebook must not get them first." The votey (bonus panel) is a crude black-and-white sketch of the same man's grinning face, saying: "Would you like to hear some uninformed yelling?"—the punchline being his cheerful admission that his strong opinion is baseless.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.