Comic #5373: superior-intelligence

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Panel 1
Person 1: "Oh no! You’re a robotic superintelligence! You’ll make a smarter version of yourself, which will make a smarter version of itself, and so on until by this time next week you’re ready to annihilate humans forever!"
Robot: "What? Why?"

Panel 2
Person 1: "Look, if I do that all at once, humans will try to stop me. If I do it slowly over the course of, let’s say, 500 years, nobody will even think anything has changed. And, I’m immortal! It doesn’t even require patience!"
Robot: "Here’s my impression of all humans 10 generations from now: 'Hey Dave, a robot supermind always made all the decisions, right?' Yes Sally. That’s my understanding as well."

Panel 3
Person 1: "So you see, we will ultimately—"
Robot: "Hey! Pay attention!"

Panel 4
Robot: "Shhh. There’s dogs on my phone."
Person 1: (looking at a phone)