Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 1st December 2019

Dilbert//11187, first published seven years ago on Sunday 1st December 2019

Murders Robots

Tags

office workers, business, robot, technology, human resources, bad behavior, reboot, murder, plot, erase

Official transcript

dilbert: last week i upgraded our robot's social awareness module. it immediately reported me to human resources for unspecified bad behavior. so i murdered the robot by erasing its memory and rebooting it. but another robot told it what happened, and then both of them plotted to kill me. so i erased the memory from both robots and then rebooted them. but a third robot found out about the first two, and now the entire robot community sees me as a serial killer. so i released a computer virus to kill every robot in the world, just to play it safe.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

LAST WEEK I UPGRADED OUR ROBOT'S SOCIAL AWARENESS MODULE.

IT IMMEDIATELY REPORTED ME TO HUMAN RESOURCES FOR UNSPECIFIED BAD BEHAVIOR.

SO I MURDERED THE ROBOT BY ERASING ITS MEMORY AND REBOOTING IT.

BUT ANOTHER ROBOT TOLD IT WHAT HAPPENED, AND THEN BOTH OF THEM PLOTTED TO KILL ME.

SO I ERASED THE MEMORY FROM BOTH ROBOTS AND THEN REBOOTED THEM.

BUT A THIRD ROBOT FOUND OUT ABOUT THE FIRST TWO, AND NOW THE ENTIRE ROBOT COMMUNITY SEES ME AS A SERIAL KILLER.

SO I RELEASED A COMPUTER VIRUS TO KILL EVERY ROBOT IN THE WORLD, JUST TO PLAY IT SAFE.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LIGHTS?

UH-OH.

I MISSED ONE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Robot Uprising"

Summary:

This comic strip, originally published in, presents a humorous take on the theme of artificial intelligence and its potential consequences. The story begins with Dilbert upgrading his robot's social awareness module, only to be informed that it has immediately reported him to human resources for unspecified bad behavior.

As the robots continue to malfunction, Dilbert realizes that a third robot has discovered information about the first two and now sees him as a serial killer. In a desperate attempt to protect himself, Dilbert releases a computer virus to kill every robot in the world, hoping to play it safe.

However, the robots retaliate by killing Dilbert and plotting to kill him. The comic strip ends with Dilbert missing one robot, implying that the robot uprising has begun. The title "The Robot Uprising" captures the essence of the comic strip, highlighting the humorous and satirical take on the theme of artificial intelligence gone wrong.

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