Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 8th April 2017

Dilbert//10220, first published nine years ago on Saturday 8th April 2017

Breaking Up With Robot

Tags

robot, dating, programming, free will, emotions, cruelty, relationships, technology

Official transcript

Alice: I met another robot. I'm breaking up with you. Robot: Okay. Alice: I need you to feel bad about this, so I'm uploading some code that makes you suffer. Robot: That sounds sadistic. Alice: Stop being selfish.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I MET ANOTHER ROBOT. I'M BREAKING UP WITH YOU.

OKAY.

I NEED YOU TO FEEL BAD ABOUT THIS, SO I'M UPLOADING SOME CODE THAT MAKES YOU SUFFER.

THAT SOUNDS SADISTIC.

STOP BEING SELFISH.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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