SMBC comic nails AI automation reactions: economists beg for destruction, engineers set themselves on fire
alejandroll10 · x · 2026-10-19
The latest Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic, "Reactions to AI Automation," skewers how different fields respond to AI:
- Artists: "But I don't want to lose my job. I love it."
- Mathematicians: same line.
- Economists: "Long have I awaited this hour! Destroy me, efficiency, and let utilization-adjusted total factor productivity rise on the wind of my ashes!"
- Meanwhile, the engineers are just lighting themselves on fire to see what happens.
A widely shared jab at economists' zeal for AI-driven efficiency versus everyone else's anxiety.
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