Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 9th July 2000
Dilbert//4103, first published 26 years ago on Sunday 9th July 2000
Tags
dna feed her human genome human simulations invented mapped and decoded market application on computer watch punish her samples software software simulation engineering
Official transcript
Asok points to his diagram as he explains to the group, "My software will create human simulations from DNA samples."
The Boss asks Asok, "What's the market application?"
Asok answers, "Well...there are many various applications."
The Boss says to Asok, "Name one."
Asok begins to explain, "Well...someday the entire human genome will be mapped and decoded."
Asok continues, "You could take a hair sample from a woman who refuses to date you..."
Asok continues to explain, "and create a software simulation of her to keep in your computer watch."
Asok says, "You could have one button to feed her and one button to punish her."
Wally replies, "I'd buy it."
The Boss asks Asok, "Can you add a button?"
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
MY SOFTWARE WILL CREATE HUMAN SIMULATIONS FROM DNA SAMPLES.
WHAT'S THE MARKET APPLICATION?
WELL.. THERE ARE MANY VARIOUS APPLICATIONS.
NAME ONE.
WELL... SOMEDAY THE ENTIRE HUMAN GENOME WILL BE MAPPED AND DECODED.
YOU COULD TAKE A HAIR SAMPLE FROM A WOMAN WHO REFUSES TO DATE YOU..
AND CREATE A SOFTWARE SIMULATION OF HER TO KEEP IN YOUR COMPUTER WATCH.
YOU COULD HAVE ONE BUTTON TO FEED HER AND ONE BUTTON TO PUNISH HER.
BUY IT.
CAN YOU ADD A BUTTON?
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
The comic strip is titled "Human Genome Mapping" and features Dilbert, a bespectacled, balding man with a distinctive black hair tuft, at a conference table with three other men.
Panel 1: Dilbert introduces a software that creates human simulations from DNA samples. The other men are skeptical, asking what the market application is.
Panel 2-4: Dilbert suggests various applications, including creating a software simulation of a woman who refuses to date him, and having one button to feed her and another to punish her.
Panel 5-6: The other men are unimpressed, with one asking if Dilbert can buy the software. Dilbert responds that he can add a button.
Panel 7: The entire human genome will be mapped and decoded someday, implying that Dilbert's software is just the beginning.
Summary: The comic strip humorously explores the potential applications of human genome mapping, highlighting the absurdity of using such technology for personal gain.
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