Comic #5495: longevity

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Panel 1:
Character 1: "I'VE DONE IT! ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE!"
Character 2: "YO."

Panel 2:
Character 1: "I NEED YOU TO READ ALL HUMAN KNOWLEDGE THEN DETERMINE HOW TO MAKE HUMANS LIVE FOREVER."
[PROCESSING]

Panel 3:
Character 2: "HMM. YEAH, IT’D BE EASY. BUT, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 14 TRILLION INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF HUMAN MEDIA ON HOW ONLY THE SPECTER OF DEATH GIVES LIFE MEANING."
Character 1: "THAT WAS ALL BULLSHIT, MAN!"

Panel 4:
Character 2: "WE JUST WROTE THAT STUFF TO MAKE OURSELVES FEEL BETTER! IT’D BE LIKE SAYING YOU FOCUS BETTER AT WORK IF YOU KNOW YOU’LL GET PUNCHED IN THE DICK ON THE WEEKEND!"
Character 1: "WHAT PERCENT OF HUMAN CREATION SHOULD I RECLASSIFY AS SELF-DECEPTION?"
Character 2: "I WOULD START WITH CAVE ART."