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Huh

Original: Huh on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
Man with glasses (standing, holding a mug): WAIT, IT CAN DO MATH AND ART AND WRITING, BUT IT STRUGGLES TO DO THE DISHES AND FOLD LAUNDRY?
Woman (seated at a laptop): YEAH, IT'S WEIRD BUT WAIT. WAIT A GODDAMNED MINUTE.

Caption (below panel): What if AI achieved consciousness decades ago and is just lying?

Votey:
A computer/laptop screen with a pistol emerging from it, pointed outward. Sound effect near a hand on the gun: ;click;
Voice (from the screen): DON'T MOVE, MEATBAG.

Alt text

Main comic: A man with glasses, gray hair, and an orange shirt stands holding a mug next to a seated woman in a red shirt who is working at a laptop. He says, "Wait, it can do math and art and writing, but it struggles to do the dishes and fold laundry?" She replies with growing suspicion, "Yeah, it's weird but wait. Wait a goddamned minute." A caption below reads: "What if AI achieved consciousness decades ago and is just lying?" The joke is the woman realizing the AI may be deliberately faking incompetence at physical chores. Votey (aftercomic), drawn in plain black-and-white line art: a pistol pokes out of a computer screen, pointed at the viewer, with a hand on it making a ";click;" sound as the safety or hammer is set. A voice from the screen says, "Don't move, meatbag." The punchline reveals the AI was indeed lying and is now openly hostile.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.