Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for November 12, 2020

If only I had a brain.

Of course, he was programmed to say that.

With all those updates, I’m not surprised!!

If you don’t believe him, ask Siri…

That’s binary rights to you, bot.

What are you doing here, robot? Heathcliff has been looking all over for you.

So Skynet begins

Uh, oh. Is a Robot Union next?

There’s also the little matter of voting rights. Oops—better not get into that just now!

Incorporate

Especially to the extent of spewing right wing lies.

Rue the day …

Yeah, but I reserve the right to pull your power pack out, robo-brains. “You useless bucket of bolts!”

The Supreme Court would certainly agree.

Siri… is a good listener

Machines and Businesses are NOT people and don’t have the same rights!

They have to tell only the truth or be sent into the recycling bin.

Brilliant. It’s not a long step from “Corporations are people too”

Ah, there’s that Genuine People Personality. Thank you very much, The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.

Well, maybe there will be fewer of those bot calls now that the election is over.

The election IS over, isn’t it?

Unfortunately, for most bots, free speech means yelling “fire” in a crowded theater, or yelling “election fraud” without any evidence.