The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for April 01, 2024

Take heart, Brutus. It is coming sooner than you think. Just saw a news story about an auto manufacturer starting to use humanoid robots.

Just saw the like from the Creators yesterday. Thanks, guys.

It’s both Monday and April Fool. Double disheartenment.

Could be worse, it’s been a busy weekend for a lot of people involved in software that powers the web etc. dealing with the fallout of the unmasking of a “rogue” developer (or state sponsored group)

No need to worry, Brutus!! With Rancid being so “tight” with HIS money, you won’t be “replaced” … any time soon!!!

/SHMIRK/

Then you can’t get paid.

Never let them find out what it is you do around there. You may get replaced by a doily.

somewhere an AI in-out box is being developed…

It’s coming sooner than you think.

That’ll be OK, Brutus, they’ll need you to plug it up or reboot it. Actually, any company that still markets tea cozies is hardly awake, not into computers.

My Grandmother said “Be grateful for the work. You could have nothing to do at all.”

Brutus, your inbox overfloweth.

unless you already are a computer and your overloaded to work properly… :D

Aaaaacckk! Be careful what you wish for…..☹️

Computer Brutus? I think Mr. V. is thinking Abacus.

Be careful what you wish for Brutus .

Be careful what you wish for. Artificial intelligence is here

Start at the beginning, Brutus, and plough through until you get to the end. Then stop, and go home.

If robots become smarter then humans. why would they want to do Brutus’s job? Far too boring.

I guess as long as there is a paycheck. However, our jobs do define us and we need them as much as the work is needed to be done. I actually enjoyed my working career and sti do. However, not everyday was always great. Grin and bear it Brutus, just grin and bear it…..

Your severance won’t be enough to buy groceries for more than a couple of weeks at best. Best be working on a plan B because plan A won’t be lasting much longer.

Right on Brutus, it is amazing the work that is piled on during the week end days off???

A sight to behold…humanoid robots dressed in tea cozies…..

I don’t think you have to worry, bots don’t make good whipping boys.

His Rancid-ness would never replace Brutus with a robot or computer because he couldn’t abuse them personally like he does Brutus!

Eventually we are all gonna need a UBI.

Careful what you wish for, Brutus!

When the computer presents ‘click on the pictures with a mongoose in them’, click those without. See if you can baffle the AI generated test with good old fashioned stubbornness. There’s your afternoon for today. You’re on your own after that, but why not make it a gentler glide to the exit.

they’ve pretty much done exactly that with my job and it gives great satisfaction, if nothing else, to see how badly the computer screws the job up… ☺

That is a huge pile of paper! I don’t think staring at it will move the papers from the in box to the out box. One paper at a time, Brutus.