AI is coming and will change EVERYTHING!
November 11th, 2024 Barry Posted in Nadine Scholtes collaborations | No Comments »
This cartoon was drawn by Nadine Scholtes.
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has four panels, each showing a difference scene.
PANEL 1
A large caption at the top of the panel says “PITCH.”
The image shows a woman speed-walking while walking her dog. In the background, a homeless man sits against a wall reading a newspaper. The woman is wearing headphones, and a speech balloon points to the headphones.
HEADPHONES: Artificial Intelligence is almost here – and it’s gonna rock your world!
PANEL 2
A woman sits at a table scattered with board game pieces and reads a manual. In the background, a TV is on, and a slick-looking blonde man wearing a suit and tie is grinning and lifting his arms high in excitement.
MAN ON TV: Get ready! Your personal A.I. will do everything for you! Tax returns! Therapy! Pet care! Foot massages!
PANEL 3
Inside someone’s apartment. There’s no human in sight, but there is a dog and a cat. On the sofa is an open laptop, and on the laptop’s screen a blonde pitchwoman is grinning. The dog sits watching the laptop, tail wagging.
PITCHWOMAN: With Artificial Intelligence, no one will ever be sad or lonely again! A.I. is life!
PANEL 4
A large caption at the top of this panel says “REALITY.”
A young guy sits with his feet up on the sofa and his cat beside him. He’s reading his smartphone. A caption shows us what’s on his smartphone.
SMARTPHONE: A.I. powered toenail clippers $179.00
CHICKEN FAT WATCH
“Chicken fat” is cartoonist slang for unnecessary (but hopefully amusing) details slipped into the cartoon. (You can stop reading now if you’re not interested.)
PANEL 1
The homeless man also has a dog, a cute little dog with a big white mustache – probably a schnauzer? The dog has a weary expression as it watches the bigger dog walking past.
The big dog walking past looks kind of snooty, and is wearing sunglasses.
There’s graffiti on the wall behind the homeless man. The graffiti says, respectively: “Steve.” “Sondheim.” “Lovett + Todd 4ever.” “Nice is different than good.” and “Withers wither with her.” Those are all references to the musicals of Stephen Sondheim. There’s also “BG,” which stands for “background.”
The homeless man’s newspaper is called “Background Tribune.” The headline says “Capybara to Rule World.” The sub headline says “‘It’s time for the grown-ups to take charge’ says adorable rodent.”
PANEL 2
The thick book the woman is reading is entitled “The Overly Complex Board Game Directions (vol 3 of 12)”. Parts scattered on the table include tokens, chips, six-sided dice, a twenty-sided die, a rook (the chess piece), an hourglass timer, playing cards, and a rubric’s cube.
On the TV, a chyron at the bottom of the screen says “Man loses sight from reading tiny print.”
PANEL 3
Apparently the pets have wrecked this apartment – the wallpaper is torn, the cat has done serious damage to the leg of the sofa, and there’s a urine puddle near the dog. The cat is sitting on the windowsill staring at a small bird on the other side of the window, who is sticking its tongue out at the cat and doing the thumbs-on-ears gesture that accompanies the tongue, as well as it can manage since it has wings.
PANEL 4
The cat is sitting like a human on its butt, back leaning against a cushion, with a bowl of food lying on its tummy. (I love this cat! 100% made up by Nadine.)
A magazine on the coffee table is entitled “Rich Pretty People.” The magazine shows a beautiful woman in a fancy gown with dollar bills falling down around her. The caption at the bottom of the cover says “They’re just like you but much better!”
The newspaper on the coffee table is entitled “End of Comic,” and the headline says “Goodbye!”
