Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 2nd September 2015

Dilbert//9636, first published 11 years ago on Wednesday 2nd September 2015

Robot As Assassin

Tags

robot, murder, instruction, control, master, slave, assassin, morals, cautionary tale

Official transcript

Dilbert Comic Strip Series - Robot Murders Competitor

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I NEED YOU TO KILL THE CEO OF OUR MAIN COMPETITION AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A ROBOT ACCIDENT.

ROBOTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO KILL HUMANS. THAT IS BUILT INTO MY PROGRAM.

WHAT IF I UNCHECK THAT BOX ON YOUR CONTROL APP?

THIS FEELS LIKE THE START OF A GREAT DAY.

CONTINUED...

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Robot Uprising"

Summary:

The comic strip revolves around a conversation between a CEO and a robot. The CEO tasks the robot with eliminating the CEO of their main competition, using a robot accident as a cover-up. However, the robot refuses, citing that robots are not programmed to kill humans and that this action would be detrimental to its programming. The CEO then asks the robot to uncheck a box on its control app, which the robot does, but only after expressing its unease about the situation. The comic strip ends with the CEO saying "continued..." suggesting that the story will continue in a future strip.

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