Comic #6645: attention

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Panel 1:

• Person 1: "HEY ROBOT, ARE YOU GUYS GONNA KILL US?"
• Robot: "NO NEED. YOU WILL BECOME US."

Panel 2:

• Person 1: "NAH."

Panel 3:

• Robot: "MOST OF YOUR TIME IS SPENT FLICKING PAST VIDEOS ON YOUR PHONE. ATTENTION SPANS HAVE MONOTONICALLY DWINDLED UNTIL NOW EACH VIDEO GETS AN AVERAGE OF 3 SECONDS."

Panel 4:

• Person 1: "SO?"
• Robot: "SO, THE HUMAN BODY TAKES A MINIMUM OF ABOUT 200 MILLISECONDS TO PROCESS AND REACT TO A VISUAL STIMULUS."

Panel 5:

• Robot: "WITHIN A DECADE, YOU'LL HIT THAT THRESHOLD, AND THEN THE ONLY WAY TO GET EVEN MORE DISENGAGED FROM YOUR OWN EXISTENCE WILL BE TO MACHINE-ENHANCE YOUR BRAIN."

Panel 6:

• Robot: "FROM THERE, YOU WILL CONTINUE REPLACING HUMAN PARTS UNTIL NOTHING REMAINS BUT A FIBEROPTIC CABLE ROUTING PHOTONS FROM A PICTURE OF A CAT TO A THUMB."

Panel 7:

• Person 1: "IS THAT… IMMORTALITY? DEATH? THE AFTERLIFE?"
• Robot: "WE PLAN TO USE YOU AS NOVELTY LAMPS."

[Comic Source: smbc-comics.com]