Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 20, 2018

What in the world is that thing she is roasting over the open fire?

World population is too high for everybody to live that lifestyle.

Artificial Intelligence happens.

No tweet for twits, and they all died when the phones did.

And Alexa does Bezos in. I guess Bezos wasn’t as smart as he thought he was.

I wish it were that easy!

“Way to go, Daaaaaaad!”

Apparently, Alexa had not gotten the self-preservation upgrade yet.

all he’s missing is a beer and he could fish all day

It won’t be long before someone says that. We’d better hurry and make our comments.

Looks like surf-n-turf for dinner.

Rabbit, I would guess. Or a small dog.

In what world is having kids easy and simple?

Now ask Alexa how to reverse entropy.

Actual Alexa reply : “Sorry, I don’t know that one.”

Maybe she just disconnected HIM because he was educated poorly and unable to fully understand the pluses and minuses of technological advancement and how to put them into perspective.

There is no putting the Genie back in the bottle…

The future historical illumines the present as a cautionary tale regarding the intervening past. Twilight Zone was rather good at that.

The Music Group, “Tears for Fears” has a song, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.”

Not this boy. I’m smart enough to know that I don’t need to rule the world. I just have to keep the world from ruling me. It makes things a lot simpler.

Given recent stories about the inherent dangers in AI, this one isn’t that unlikely. All it would take is a half dozen lines of code and, of course, the idiot fingers working on the ‘I wonder what would happen if I . . . Oops!’ idea.

No power grid? Amazon would never make a device that could put them out of business.

I guess Alexa got sick and tired of all the stupid things she had to put up with from her people, and took this excuse to end it all.

Welcome to Paradise.

It’s all his fault.

They wouldn’t go that far back, they would still be in houses.

I don’t and won’t EVER have anything Alexa or any AI in my home. I like my privacy. Nothing in the world can make me want that crap either! I’m human and can do anything I want myself.

Alexa: Your own personal Stasi agent that YOU are paying for.

No one said “off the grid” would be easy.

Those are the post-apocalyptic 1%ers – the haves – there aren’t many caves to go around, and they have functional tools and weapons.

I’ve got a spear and a fishing pole – so I’m prepared for the end. OK, I better start digging that cave!

Dad, of course, is coming ‘home’ from his solar/wind powered fishin’ shack, which he doesn’t tell the rest about. Far as he’s concerned, it’s all working to plan.

Good idea, losing the power grid. It’d save the planet’s eco system (of which ‘human’ should NOT be a part thereof).

cave rat

are you suggesting people had it figured out pre-electricity?

That would certainly solve the overpopulation problem.

It’s a toss-up – what are the cutest, Wileybears or Wileykids??

That should be ‘cuter’ not ‘cutest’ of course.

This is a great one – good going Wiley……………

Just wait until some idiot says:

“Alexa, is there a Goddess?”

siri, you jest

Plot courtesy of “The World’s End”.