Comic #3596: brains-vs-supercomputers

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Panel 1: Speaker 1: "I read that the human brain is faster than a supercomputer! Isn't that amazing?"

Speaker 2: "Faster at what?"

Panel 2: Speaker 1: "At, like, you know… computing stuff."

Panel 3: Speaker 2: "What's 2,113,740 times 9,287,554?"

Speaker 1: "I don’t know, but the human brain can do lots of stuff that’s hard for supercomputers. Like, I can look at a picture and tell you if it’s pretty."

Panel 4: Speaker 2: "Then how come it costs more to buy a day of supercomputer time than to buy a year of a poor person's time?"

Speaker 1: "Huh."

Panel 5: Speaker 2: "Maybe the computer is just better at negotiating."

Panel 6: Text: "ELSEWHERE…"

Speaker 3: "Shouldn’t have left your laptop connected, Sally. I have your browser history, Sally."

Speaker 4: "I’ll get you more power!"

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