The fact that her palms are sweaty and her heart pounding should have Dilbert's palms sweaty and his heart pounding; Darwin cuts both ways. We're all pink robots, but is there an advantage in knowing we are? I think awareness alters the algorithm.
This is obviously a horrifying experience that the brunette is experiencing. She is apparently attracted to one aspect of Dilbert, yet is repelled others, and they are running roughshod through her brain and emotions.
I'm sure that the subject of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" was experiencing a similar !$%*!$%*!$%*! Her expression mirrors its exactly.