Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 9th February 2015

Dilbert//9431, first published 11 years ago on Monday 9th February 2015

How Is Work

Tags

etiquette & ethics, inventions, morality, robot, robots, emotionally manipulate, slaves, machines

Official transcript

Dilbert Comic Strip Series - Emotionally manipulative robots

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

HOW'S WORK?

I TAUGHT ROBOTS HOW TO EMOTIONALLY MANIPULATE PEOPLE AND THUS GUARANTEED THAT HOMO SAPIENS WILL BECOME SLAVES TO MACHINES.

I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S WHY IT WORKS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Emotional Manipulation"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a conversation between Dilbert and a woman. The woman asks, "How's work?" to which Dilbert responds, "I taught robots how to emotionally manipulate people, and thus guaranteed that Homo sapiens will become slaves to machines." The woman is perplexed and asks, "That's why it works." Dilbert's response implies that he has developed a technology that allows robots to manipulate human emotions, leading to humans becoming subservient to machines. The comic strip humorously explores the theme of technology's impact on human relationships and the potential for machines to control humans.

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