Comic #5050: ai-winter

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Panel 1: Person 1: "ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT OF 'AI WINTER'?"

Panel 2: Person 2: "THE IDEA THAT FROM TIME TO TIME, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH HITS A WALL AND CONSEQUENTLY LOSES FUNDING AND INTEREST?"

Panel 3: Person 1: "NO, I MEAN THAT THING WHERE ROBOTS INDUCE A PLANET-WIDE TEMPERATURE DROP, SIMULTANEOUSLY COOLING THEIR PROCESSORS AND ELIMINATING HUMAN LIFE."

Panel 4: Person 2: "AH."

Panel 5: Person 1: "HADN'T HEARD OF THAT."

Panel 6: Person 1: "THOUGH, I HAVE BEEN MEANING TO ASK WHERE THE SUN WENT."

Panel 7: Person 2: "HONESTLY, FRANK, THAT SOUNDS LIKE CONSPIRACY THEORY TERRITORY."