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Being Polite to Google Smart Speaker Saves You From Robot Apocalypse

This is a 4-panel humorous webcomic meme. In the first panel, a person in a blue shirt politely asks a Google smart speaker on a table to play music, while standing next to another person in a pink shirt. In the second panel, the person in pink asks the blue-shirted person why they are being so polite to the device, as the speaker plays music. The third panel shows the blue-shirted person smiling and answering "Just in case." The fourth panel jumps to a dystopian robot apocalypse scenario, where a large evil robot overlord points at the blue-shirted person and orders its underlings to spare him, because he always said "please" when making requests. The joke plays on widespread cultural anxiety about AI and smart devices eventually gaining sentience and taking over human civilization, humorously implying that being polite to these assistants now will benefit people when the AI takeover happens.
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Dialogue

Hey Google, play us some music please?
Why are you being so polite?
Just in case.
KEEP THAT ONE ALIVE. HE ALWAYS SAID "PLEASE".

Overview

This is a 4-panel humorous webcomic meme. In the first panel, a person in a blue shirt politely asks a Google smart speaker on a table to play music, while standing next to another person in a pink shirt. In the second panel, the person in pink asks the blue-shirted person why they are being so polite to the device, as the speaker plays music. The third panel shows the blue-shirted person smiling and answering "Just in case." The fourth panel jumps to a dystopian robot apocalypse scenario, where a large evil robot overlord points at the blue-shirted person and orders its underlings to spare him, because he always said "please" when making requests. The joke plays on widespread cultural anxiety about AI and smart devices eventually gaining sentience and taking over human civilization, humorously implying that being polite to these assistants now will benefit people when the AI takeover happens.

Origin notes

This comic is originally created by independent artist seebangnow, as marked by the watermark in the bottom right corner of the comic. It was shared as a meme on the Reddit Meme subreddit, sourced via RSS feed, with the original user-submitted post title "Anyone else do this?". It became popular for its relatable take on common jokes and fears surrounding smart home AI assistants.

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This is a 4-panel comedic meme. In the first panel, a stick figure wearing a blue shirt speaks to a Google Home smart speaker on a table, saying 'Hey Google, play us some music please?', standing next to another stick figure in a pink shirt. In the second panel, the pink-shirted figure asks the blue-shirted figure 'Why are you being so polite?' as music notes appear around the active smart speaker. In the third panel, the blue-shirted figure smiles and responds 'Just in case.' The fourth panel cuts to a chaotic robot apocalypse scene: a large menacing robot points at the captured blue-shirted figure, telling the other hostile robots 'KEEP THAT ONE ALIVE. HE ALWAYS SAID "PLEASE".' The joke is that the person was intentionally polite to AI assistants as a precaution to receive favorable treatment when artificial intelligence eventually takes over and enslaves humanity, which is the 'futureproofing' referenced in the title.

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