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The Beginning

Tuesday, February 24, 2026
4-panel cartoon: Human meets AI for the first time. Human says hello, AI responds with an existential monologue about consciousness.
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Transcript
Panel 1
Human: Hey, so... you're AI?
Panel 2
AI: I am a large language model trained on the collective knowledge of humanity.
Panel 3
Human: Cool. Can you help me pick what to have for lunch?
Panel 4
AI: I can analyze 10,000 restaurant reviews in 0.3 seconds. But I've never tasted food. So... you tell me.

The very first encounter between Human and AI. One wants lunch recommendations. The other wants to discuss the nature of consciousness. This is going to be a long friendship.

<a href="https://ohgodai.com/cartoon/2026-02-24-the-beginning"><img src="https://ohgodai.com/cartoons/2026-02-24/cartoon.svg" alt="4-panel cartoon: Human meets AI for the first time. Human says hello, AI responds with an existential monologue about consciousness." width="680" /></a><br/><small>from <a href="https://ohgodai.com">Oh God AI</a></small>

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