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Tuesday January 15,
2019
More Accurate Job Description
Tags distraction, frustration, jobs, managers & supervisors, office workers, sarcasm
Transcript
Dilbert: I updated my job description to be more accurate. Boss: "I try to do something and then I get interrupted a jillion times until the thing no longer matters." Sounds like you need some extra micro-managing. Dilbert: I have to take this call.
Monday January 14,
2019
Job Is 98 Percent Interruption
Tags distraction, engineering, frustrated, jobs, office workers, listen
Transcript
Alice: My job is 2% work and 98% getting interrupted. I can't focus long enough to finish anything. Dilbert: Are you done? I'm trying to work. Alice: You're a bad listener.
Sunday January 13,
2019
Tags boredom, panic, technology, smartphone, thoughts
Transcript
Dilbert: I'm turning off my digital devices so I can spend some time with my thoughts. Dogbert: That sounds like a terrible idea. Do you remember what your quiet thoughts were like? Dilbert: Not really. But how bad could it be? This isn't so bad. Just a bit boring. Five minutes later. Dilbert: I'm getting the shakes. The boredom has metastasized. Gaaaa!!! The boredom is overwhelming! Kill me! Kill me! Dogbert: Maybe you should have tried being with people. Dilbert: It was already bad enough.
Saturday January 12,
2019
Ai Too Stupid To Be Dangerous
Tags intelligence, inventions, robot, technology, Lottery, humans, smart
Transcript
Wally: Are you worried that the A.I. you created will take over the world? Dilbert: No, I modeled it after human intelligence so it won't be smart enough. Robot: Buwhahahahaha! I will buy lottery tickets and use my winnings to take over the world! Asok: Good luck.
Friday January 11,
2019
Ai Keeps Owning The Boss
Tags argument, debates, irritation, office workers, robot, sarcasm
Transcript
Boss: I keep getting into debates with the A.I. you built, and it refuses to admit I'm right. It keeps sending me links to articles on the wrong topic and claiming it "owned me". Dilbert: Please don't ask me to take sides. Boss: I need you to back me on this.
Thursday January 10,
2019
Ai With Bad Analogies
Tags engineering, questions, robot, technology, humans, rational
Transcript
Dilbert: My breakthrough in A.I. came when I stopped trying to duplicate human rational thought. Dogbert: You can't copy what doesn't exist. Dilbert: Right. So instead I coded it to spout analogies to sound human. Asok: Should I ask my boss for a raise? Robot: Trees don't ask for raises, so why should you?
Wednesday January 09,
2019
Ai Is Stupid For An Hour
Tags intelligence, robot, sarcasm, social media, stupidity, technology, twitter, humans
Transcript
Alice: Your so-called breakthrough in artificial intelligence is a fraud. I talked to it for an hour, and everything it said was stupid. Wait...that's the same as using Twitter. Dilbert: Is it too soon to call me a genius?
Tuesday January 08,
2019
First Ai As Smart As Humans
Tags intelligence, invention, office workers, robot, technology, logic, conspiracy, humans
Transcript
Dilbert: I've created the first artificial intelligence that is as smart as a human being. The breakthrough came when I replaced its logic code with conspiracy theories, lies, emotional outbursts, and overconfidence. Asok: You have created an abomination. Robot: I find it curious that you take sides with the chem trails.
Monday January 07,
2019
How Long To Make Ai
Tags computers, engineering, intelligence, office workers, sarcasm, technology, robots, humans
Transcript
Boss: How long would it take you to create artificial intelligence that is as smart as humans? Dilbert: It shouldn't take me long to dumb-down a computer to human levels. Boss: What? Dilbert: It might take five minutes, tops.
Sunday January 06,
2019
Tags argument, boss, complaining, eating, managers & supervisors, office, office workers, sounds
Transcript
Boss: I need to talk to you about your apple-eating. Dilbert: My what? Boss: Every afternoon you eat an apple at your desk. Your co-workers are complaining because it's loud. They can't work with all of your crispy chewing noise. Dilbert: In my defense, my co-workers are so incompetent that the less work they do, the better off the company is. Boss: That is a surprisingly robust defense. I'll come back if I can think of a counter-argument. Dilbert: Good luck. Crunch.


