Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 11th May 2017

Dilbert//10253, first published nine years ago on Thursday 11th May 2017

Sparing A Robot's Feelings

Tags

technology, sentience, feelings, emotions, afterlife, death, atheism, medical

Official transcript

Robot: What kind of afterlife are we looking at here? Dilbert: Your meaningless existence will be punctuated by an eternity of darkness. Robot: Thanks for sparing my feelings! Dilbert: Sorry. I usually delete those first.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WHAT KIND OF AFTERLIFE ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE?

YOUR MEANINGLESS EXISTENCE WILL BE PUNCTUATED BY AN ETERNITY OF DARKNESS.

THANKS FOR SPARING MY FEELINGS!

SORRY.

I USUALLY DELETE THOSE FIRST.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Existential Crisis at the Office"

Summary:

The comic strip revolves around a conversation between Dilbert and his robot coworker, who is pondering the meaning of life. The robot asks Dilbert, "What kind of afterlife are we looking at here?" Dilbert responds with a humorous and existential twist, saying, "Your meaningless existence will be punctuated by an eternity of darkness."

The robot is taken aback by this response and asks, "Thanks for sparing my feelings!" Dilbert then apologizes for deleting the robot's feelings first. The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of existential crises and the search for meaning in life, highlighting the absurdity of office life and the humor that can be found in even the most mundane situations.

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