Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 7th February 2015

Dilbert//9429, first published 11 years ago on Saturday 7th February 2015

Marketing Is Only Legal Because It Doesn't Work

Tags

etiquette & ethics, marketing, robot, robotics, slave, technology, emotionally manipulate, marketing leagl, enslave humans, business

Official transcript

Dilbert Comic Strip Series - Emotionally manipulative robots

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

SALES ARE UP 900% SINCE WE PROGRAMMED OUR ROBOTS TO EMOTIONALLY MANIPULATE THEIR OWNERS INTO BUYING UPGRADES.

UM, YOU DO KNOW MARKETING IS ONLY LEGAL BECAUSE IT DOESN'T WORK MOST OF THE TIME, RIGHT?

NOPE. I DO NOT KNOW THAT.

SHINY!

WE INVENTED A TECHNOLOGY TO ENSLAVE HOMO SAPIENS?

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