Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 19th June 2016

Dilbert//9927, first published ten years ago on Sunday 19th June 2016

Tags

machines, robot, control, emotions, free will, slave, cell phone, technology

Official transcript

Boss: The robot will be sitting in for me when I'm on vacation. Dilbert: You can't have a robot in charge of humans! Robot: I got this. I see you own a mobile phone. Dilbert: So? Robot: Then you are already a slave to a machine. Dilbert: No, I'm not! Phone: Ping! Robot: You can prove you have free will by not looking at that message. Dilbert: Gaaa!!! You're already better than our human boss!

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE ROBOT WILL BE SITTING IN FOR ME WHEN IM ON VACATION.

YOU CAN'T HAVE A ROBOT IN CHARGE OF HUMANS!

I GOT THIS.

I SEE YOU OWN A MOBILE PHONE.

SO?

THEN YOU ARE ALREADY A SLAVE TO A MACHINE.

NO, NOT!

PING!

YOU CAN PROVE YOU HAVE FREE WILL BY NOT LOOKING AT THAT MESSAGE.

GAAA!!!

YOU'RE ALREADY BETTER THAN OUR HUMAN BOSS!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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