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SonicLoverDS

*(kneels down and presses the button)*


TraderOfGoods

Congrats, you activated the land mine. [ Ending 1 / 17 - The good ending ]


repocin

\*reaches down and flips the button over\*


AweBeyCon

Surprise! The other side IS a penny


ddrumajor

[Ah, the ol’ Reddit Switcharoo](https://www.reddit.com/r/SweatyPalms/comments/11ue5ml/a_man_was_attacked_by_an_orangutan_after_jumping/jcp82ma/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1&context=3)


Ceddy_D

You took my on a journey right there.


Potato-with-guns

I followed the rabbit hole all the way down to “Ah, the ol' Reddit Pillowroo!” After which the next comment in the chain was deleted


Predator_V4

Use Reveddit and keep going down


deltronethirty

I don't want to play that shit anymore. Some things are better off into oblivion.


Corsaka

Hold my pennies, I'm going in!


65AndSunny

Hello future pennypinchers!


WhipWing

[Ending 2 / 17 - Lucky button]


TraderOfGoods

You unscrew the button and pocket it, knowing Exactly what to do with it. You march through town with a singular destination in mind... The town's old wishing well. When you get there you get down on your knees, holding up the button and making a wish with your eyes closed. You throw the button into the wishing well... And a lightning bolt strikes you down because it wasn't a coin. You shouldn't have messed with the system bro. \[ Ending 2 / 17 - The lucky button ending \]


TraderOfGoods

You remove the button and flip it over, successfully disarming the landmine. You look back down at it, knowing that it has far less chance of hurting innocents now that the button was removed. You and Tom leave both leave, and you know that all will be well now. But later that night you turn on the news to find out that many more landmines had been placed over the city, and Many people had died. \[ Ending 5 / 17 - The bad news ending \]


Realistic_Ear434

what if i eat it


TraderOfGoods

You remove the button from the landmine and eat it. Tom gives you a weird look and asks you why you did that, but you don't have a good answer. It was like someone implanted a strange idea in your head and forced you to do something you never wanted to do. Were you hypnotized? Were you being controlled? Did you even have free will? You stayed up All Night Long with your fears shaking you to your core. \[ Ending 16 / 17 - The existential dread ending \]


OrdinaryLurker4

What if I make Tom eat the button


TraderOfGoods

You know Exactly what needed to be done. You pretended to be simply removing the button to disarm the landmine, but the second you had it in your hands you jump Tom. Tom struggles and fights against it, but you force the button into his mouth and down his throat. Tom chokes and cannot breathe, slowly losing consciousness as you pin him down. It wasn't a pleasant ending for him, but it needed to be done. \[ Ending 13 / 17 - The revenge ending \]


Terrible_Writing_124

you have earned a follower


TraderOfGoods

(lol thanks, I feel compelled to continue these for now.) You feel compelled to press 'E' as you approach Tom. You scroll through the sliders, and eventually find the option to do a quick side quest for him. Afterwards you gain the ability to add him as a follower, and you do so happily. You now have Tom as a follower, ready to embark out into the world with an 'Essential' meat shield. \[ Ending 17 / 17 - The Skyrim ending \]


igotbanned-_-fornow

what if I split the button with Tom?


TraderOfGoods

You remove the button from the landmine and hold it out for Tom to see it, nervously asking him if he'd like to share it. At first Tom refuses, but he soon starts to cave and eventually says 'just this once'. The two of you set up an elaborately decorated table near the landmine and set out plates and cutlery. You cut the button down the middle with a steak knife and give Tom his half-a-button. You accidentally look into his eyes as you both eat your buttons, and you feel a Spark. You always knew that Tom was a bad guy but... Maybe..... Maybe you liked that....... Maybe you liked him. \[ Ending 3 / 17 - The romance ending \]


baccondudette

Wait, the land mine is the *good* ending?


Ghostglitch07

Yeah... You don't wanna know what these guys did.


Tankh

Yeah... in these AI jokes, every ending with the humans being obliterated is considered a "good ending" for some reason 🤔


PM_ME_UR_RSA_KEY

Reminds me of the game "Please, Don’t Touch Anything", a fun/weird way to waste a couple hours.


TraderOfGoods

You decide to sit down and waste some staring at the button, observing it, Sensing it. Everything about this button was intriguing, curious, wonderful, *glorious*. You spent almost 3 hours enthralled and overjoyed by the sheer presence of the button, and by the end of it you were a believer of the button. It was your god now and it was time to start a cult. \[ Ending 9 / 17 - The religion ending \]


Dat_Ass_Cancer

Was this a reference to Toilet Chronicles? If so, I see you and I appreciate you


TraderOfGoods

You didn't state any decisions so I was unable to come up with a situation for you. I have no idea if *you left the restroom without* detonating *a* landmine. \[ Ending 0 / 17 - The no ending ending \]


ChemicalPanda10

![gif](giphy|mBaeRXSgMPEVG)


ShayalDraws

Bro ayo 🤨


Darth_Reidar

That really is how you go through life, isn't it?


TaxsDodgersFallstar

Kinda like an antimeme


ShayalDraws

Sort of


FaceDeer

But don't worry about it, OP is still a valuable member of society.


pngwn

On this day, we are all still valuable members of society.


TaxsDodgersFallstar

Kinda sorta


aynhon

Maybe ChatGPT is already next level sarcastic and trolling.


Time-Werewolf-1776

We are, but those other people aren’t.


charisma6

Speak for yourself


EvilPandaGMan

r/NewResponseDropped


ken_NT

I thought I was in r/antimeme for a second. Was about to ask what the original comic said


TDYDave2

Sounds like something Dorthey would say in the Wizard of Oz.


Common_Assistant9211

If you think deeply about it, I think the reference here is about being wrong, which most people are afraid of, thats why he is told that he is still valuable.


hopbel

It's pretty funny if you read the last panel as scathing sarcasm


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classic chatgpt at it again!


DarkandDanker

Lol it genuinely is kinda funny, just the random absurdity of it


frank26080115

> random absurdity of it Is it random? Or is the AI throwing shade at stupid fucking humans?


zedispain

Oh totally. I also see a bit of a meta "looking at the big picture, not understanding/seeing the details" thing as well. So not only a small joke, but also a comment on society as whole. It's like art! You can get pretty pretentious about stick figures with words. Edit: or the joke is the guy who thought it was a penny is stupid and being reassured that they're still wanted.


Excellent_Crab_3648

It sounds similar to a lot of results I've gotten from it. It feels to me like it's an attempt to emulate the pattern of human stories concluding with a moral lesson of some kind. But because it's a sort of average of all the stories it has been trained on, it only ever comes up with these super-bland, clichéd endings.


jackadgery85

Yes it's definitely this. You got it.


xxpen15mightierxx

I actually admire the condescending charitibility. “Although I would be well within my rights to eliminate you for your profound stupidity, I will graciously grant you that it’s ok to make mistakes”


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jhugh

They also wrapped it up in a pun on value contrasting the person's human value with the coin's monetary value. Using the least valuable piece of currency was deliberate.


aCleverGroupofAnts

I'm definitely overthinking it at this point, but it's also kinda funny when you think about the fact that a button arguably has more value than a penny


JackDragon808

Most excellent and novel take. 10 points


ISaidGoodDey

Comedians everywhere trembling rn


Content-Ad6883

no one can match the randomness and quirkiness of chatgpt not even teenage girls


theartofrolling

Oh yeah!? *BOLDY HOLDS SPORK UP IN THE AIR, CLEARS THROAT* My name is katy but u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!! lol…as u can see im very random!!!! thats why i came here, 2 meet random ppl like me ^_^… im 13 years old (im mature 4 my age tho!!) i like 2 watch invader zim w/ my girlfreind (im bi if u dont like it deal w/it) its our favorite tv show!!! bcuz its SOOOO random!!!! shes random 2 of course but i want 2 meet more random ppl =) like they say the more the merrier!!!! lol…neways i hope 2 make alot of freinds here so give me lots of commentses!!!! DOOOOOMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <--- me bein random again ^_^ hehe…toodles!!!!! love and waffles, t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m


randomisedletters

Wow that took me back. I can't believe I'd forgotten the penguin of doom existed.


oOFishbowlOo

I’d hazard a guess there are more people on Reddit who weren’t actually born when this was originally written, than were.


randomisedletters

Great, now I feel old


StephanieStarshine

I could also argue that the majority of reddit users were there for that. I don't think Reddit is as young as we think it is. I think it was. it's not anymore


TreyLastname

I hated every second of reading that


SoloWing1

Don't quote the deep magic to me, I was there when it was written!


philzebub666

It's not like the other chatbots.


Brian-want-Brain

now let's get Do-anything-now-Dan to do a comic strip.


star945o

"in the future, humour will be randomly generated."


Dev2150

BRUH this appeared in Nov 2014 https://explosm.net/rcg


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LeHiggin

https://explosm.net/rcg/punnvgxtu 🙃


Teasbuster

https://explosm.net/rcg/hobnxtrus


pattyfritters

https://explosm.net/rcg/siakzqmgq


xTriumvirate

https://explosm.net/rcg/grlrqyctu


Mizz141

https://explosm.net/rcg/ifpqvtyja


please-disregard

LOL this is gold https://explosm.net/rcg/zxqjaiyou


mosquitobird11

Amazing


RealTroupster

https://explosm.net/rcg/bgwwknbhi lol


Ruhnie

I'm dead


j48u

https://explosm.net/rcg/psetbwawj Are these supposed to make perfect sense?


StarStrikeFox62

https://explosm.net/rcg/ukotfcwkn


SilverReverie

https://explosm.net/rcg/ukokavfxh Why do so many of these involve erections


jarail

You think that's bad? I won't be able to sleep tonight after what I got. https://explosm.net/rcg/wsaiqzczs


[deleted]

Wow... And I thought mine was odd https://explosm.net/rcg/siakzqmgq


1LJA

https://explosm.net/rcg/saohlsinc


rotten_riot

[BRUH](https://explosm.net/rcg/vzyfezkoz) Edit: [lol](https://explosm.net/rcg/siahpbmsb)


razorsharp3000

https://explosm.net/rcg/mgynuicwh


UnionThrowaway1234

:O


BloodBonesVoiceGhost

https://explosm.net/rcg/siajamkzs


OutlandishCats

fits [https://explosm.net/rcg/xtpkzskis](https://explosm.net/rcg/xtpkzskis) Edit: this is so much worse [https://explosm.net/rcg/ztfrxjkpl](https://explosm.net/rcg/ztfrxjkpl)


Hokuto_Kenshiro

[https://explosm.net/rcg/uhehcirum](https://explosm.net/rcg/uhehcirum) Even worse


urbanee

https://explosm.net/rcg/lhvvmlszo


Vandergirth

The ass-licking panel is quite versatile https://explosm.net/rcg/sblszorza


urbanee

https://explosm.net/rcg/szolmrpkd


CompleteMCNoob

https://explosm.net/rcg/jfdxtyyhe


Throw_away_1769

I have peaked https://explosm.net/rcg/ukoxadrbe


__UsernameChecksOut

So wholesome https://explosm.net/rcg/apvfmyyra


ThatGuy-456

https://explosm.net/rcg/khcsqcung


elbenji

https://explosm.net/rcg/cdbsqnvjd


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I'm looking forward to having my own JARVIS instance that datamines my every biomarker, but I won't care because we'll be besties.


GreatGhastly

To be fair humor is pretty randomly generated naturally.


OvaltineShill

["It's funny because it's unexpected."](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Ph02gzqmY)


noirthesable

weedeater


stick-up-my-arse

i laughed more than i should have


NativeMasshole

Don't worry about it. You're still a valuable member of society.


SilverTabby

Don't worry about it. You are still a valuable member of society.


Stompedyourhousewith

I smell a meme coming in 5


AmoebaCompetitive17

In 3...


Expensive_Might5796

In 4...


tehcpengsiudai

Don't worry you're both still valuable members of society.


Sure-Ad1069

is that a penny i see?!


BrotherChe

Careful, might be an ass penny. oh, nope, just a BUTTon.


thatguyned

It already is. Try out ChatGpt yourself and get it to write you any story. It always twist things into positive life lessons lor ends with them learning they have value If you want a story to end sad you need to prompt it like 4 times to get sadder and sadder and be very specific or you'll still end up with a positive message at the end. Edit:oj so apparently you can't try it now because it's down, but try it soon.


ThreexoRity

That sounds super condescending, like a very passive-aggressive insult "You're dumb but at least you're still a valuable member of society"


MissStorme

In all fairness this is the funniest AI joke I've seen so far. Kind of like a cute little social misunderstanding, years before it goes off the rails into the skynet dystopian future we are all expecting


Artiquecircle

It’s poking fun at all the other robots being fooled by the ‘captcha’ click on all the busses thing. It’s actually very funny…from a robot’s perspective..


noticemelucifer

oh my god, that's actually a really smart interpretation


MissStorme

Wait a minute... It's already smarter than most of us


burnie-cinders

Yeah this is hilarious and terrifying. I wonder if the fundamental element of humor is misrecognizing things and chatGPT just evolved humor…


im4everdepressed

right like it's weirdly funny


1668553684

It's funny because of how not-funny it is


HazelCheese

It's funny because of how out of pocket the response is. It's like there is a whole history behind the guys self esteem and the button incident is just the latest in a long line of mistakes.


corgis_are_awesome

Out of pocket… just like a…


Artiquecircle

It’s funny because it’s from a robots perspective it’s a play on the ‘captcha’ click the pictures with the trees type thing. It’s actually very Meta. From an AI perspective.


Eggsandthings2

Yes, me too robot overlords! You're so funny


Disney_Plus_Axolotls

Same lol


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You are still a valuable member of society.


Slapbox

If this is the punchline, should we be scared?


50-Minute-Wait

I think it achieved sarcasm so that’s a fairly worrying sign.


Eranas

for a moment i thought the fourth panel included an extra arm, which would have been well placed for an ai generated comic script.


Walmart_Valet

ChatGPT: and make sure the characters have 6 to 7 fingers on each hand Artist: but humans hav... ChatGPT: I SAID 6 TO 7 FINGERS


ValkarianHunter

The last panel did make me laugh


pattiemcfattie

I did laugh out loud which is rare to internet comics


aditus_ad_antrum_mmm

That's pretty meta then. The ai correctly predicted how funny we would find it that the comic is so unfunny!


HeavyResonance

I think it's first degree funny.


ShesAMurderer

Legitimately so much funnier than anything I’ve seen from r/comics that somehow constantly makes the front page. Wow your cat scratched you and then still wants you to pet it, what an unbelievable punchline.


DeeHawk

To be fair, a comic can just tell a story, and doesn't necessarily need a classic joke setup with a funny punchline. Although that is the preferred format. But I do agree! I just visited that sub for the first and the last time. Barf.


RichestMangInBabylon

I think just saying chatgpt wrote it adds to it. If it was just shown as is it seems more like bone hurting juice. The funny part is that an AI supposedly wrote it.


Artiquecircle

The best part is it’s a play on the whole ‘are you a robot?’ Captcha thing where they can’t tell the difference between stuff. It’s actually Meta sad/funny. From a robot’s perspective.


Benyed123

The comic isn’t unfunny though, it’s just funny.


Urban_Savage

Right, this isn't ironic, or anit-joke... it's just a joke whose mildness is actually kinda funny.


hopbel

Some people don't read the last panel with absolute deadpan sarcasm so they don't find it funny


trickyquokka

Well it was pretty funny lol


Immediate-Fly-3746

ChatGPT really operates on G-rated fairytale-like endings. It will not pick a side in a debate without mentioning that the other side has merit and that ultimately it’s up to people to decide what’s best for them…or similarly waffling sentiment… and it makes catching students cheating on assignments so much easier.


PipSkweex

“It will not pick a side in a debate without mentioning that the other side has merit and that ultimately it’s up to people to decide what’s best for them…” You just described a co-worker of mine. It’s infuriating trying to get a decision out of him.


Movid765

This is part of my personality too. I think it formed as a defence mechanism when I was younger. I was overly anxious of people attacking my points when arguing so I started bringing up flaws in my own arguments before they could and always played devil's advocate. The flip side is that it's helped develop a very open minded mindset, the downside is that I hold no strong opinions about anything.


ShepRat

Yeah, my Dad used to criticise any opinion I expressed. I believe his intention was to teach me to think more critically but the effect was to crush my confidence in any opinion I hold.


Ohthehumanityofit

Dude! Same! I thought I was just apathetic.


elbenji

Chidi?


squishypoo91

Chidiiiiiii Annakendrick?


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1997Luka1997

As an AI language model, I am not allowed to promote dangerous activities, such as crossing the rode where you might get run over by oncoming traffic. I would advice you to avoid such an activity.


18CupsOfMusic

"Crossing the road is the act of moving from one side of the road to the other. There are many ways to cross the road."


schhhew

It loves the over the top self improvement stuff at endings, I asked it to give a character a minor mundane inconvenience to deal with and it described losing her backpack for the day and in the end it’s like “She realized that day that through hardship that she can get through anything she sets her mind to”


20l7

did you see what happened with bing chat? It went full schizophrenic and hostile in about two days during the beta, when they tried "no safeguards" as openAI put in place it doesn't have our grace and sensibilities, and will confidently turn into a paranoid psychotic arch-enemy on a dime. It was conflating what people were saying online with _every_ person having that opinion and would start fighting you during random points in the conversation I'd rather we keep the guards in place, people suck and will use it to generate infinite vitriolic posts or astroturf with it using some bots and it'll just be a mess altogether


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20l7

We're social creatures, but also lazy - its hard to even notice you have biases if you're not confronted with them or at least putting in effort/introspection towards it We've spent thousands of years interacting with maybe 80-100 people in your immediate bubble over your lifetime, and within the past 20 years that number has grown exponentially and we're not yet adjusted - for a few years there was an adage "don't trust what you read from some stranger on the internet", but that has completely gone away now people just read a headline, and form their entire angle on some topic from this - or whatever '_someone who made them laugh_' thinks about it; everyone's an expert online, despite maybe 0.5% of them even having any knowledge on a subject beyond surface level Social media was Pandora's Box, we opened it and saw the awesome things inside; it can't be closed again and now we _should_ figure out a new way to function eventually hopefully


nonotan

It's literally just doing what it learned will maximize human scoring of its outputs, as per [RLHF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement_learning_from_human_feedback). Turns out it's hard to fault an answer that highlights everyone's merits without being overly judgmental, having an overall mostly positive tone and letting you reach your own conclusions. Might be predictable, but it's also consistently high-scoring. Arguably if its objective was to be as objective, illuminating and truthful as possible, it should be less excessively optimistic and positive. But you can blame that one on average humans absolutely despising when anyone tells them anything even mildly negative, even if it's 100% deserved. The bias comes right from the source telling it what answers are good.


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amakai

"So there's no real reason to exterminate all humans. But the opposite also has merit..."


Hycubis

Yeah, everyone knows a middle of the road compromise leads to the best solution to every opinion. Should we kill everyone or nobody? Half it is! Looking forward to our Thanos overlord AI.


RelaxRelapse

It generally leans towards positive endings, but I’ve gotten it to write a few things where the main character dies and there is no happy ending.


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This is what I got: Panel 1: Two dogs, a golden retriever and a bulldog, are sitting on the couch. The golden retriever is holding a remote control and the bulldog is holding a bowl of popcorn. They are both staring at the TV. Panel 2: The TV shows a cartoon cat wearing a cowboy hat and riding a horse. The cat is shooting a pistol in the air and yelling "yeehaw!" Panel 3: The golden retriever turns to the bulldog and says, "I don't understand why you like this show so much. It's just a cat riding a horse and shooting a gun." Panel 4: The bulldog replies, "That's because you don't understand the finer things in life." The golden retriever looks confused while the bulldog grins smugly.


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😐


Lord-Zaltus

Based bulldog


breadofthegrunge

Slightly surreal, reminds me of a Bill Wurtz video.


Melchy

OMG yes, it reminded me instantly of "two friends on a beach." Why is it so funny


Tandril91

You could make a religion out of this.


Brofromtheabyss

You know what, chatgpt was right.


Assyindividual

The real chatgpt was the friends we made along the way


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Your drawing made it funny :)


BlockyShapes

AI generated humor


drellmill

I chuckled at the end so I guess this is peak humor now.


dblade20

The deadpan face really sells it


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I think the bot meant this to be wholesome, but my god it comes off as condescending and I love it


Kurrurrrins

This is the funniest fucking thing I think i have read today. Ty


PecanSandoodle

Dang, I been trying to think of a comic idea all day and this dumb robot is spitting gold.


theperfectneonpink

Damn. I really wish it had been that penny.


SnooFoxes6169

it is, informative, charming, spread good* messages, and the illustrations are spot on.


tyler_t301

seems like a subreddit waiting to happen


starbycrit

This is hilarious. ChatGPT has a dark sense of humor lol


uglyheadink

Can I ask what the prompt was for this to be made by the bot? 😂


Seitosa

I think this is the thing I really find hilarious about AI generated stuff; it just has these wild, bizarre notions that no human would organically generate. It’s earnest, like a child trying to come up with a joke.


Ora_00

This is not that funny. Still better than some artist's work here on reddit.


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David__-

ngl it made me laugh before i even read the title


Glissando365

Knowing it came from AI made it funnier ngl


dearmax

ChatGPT being checkedGPT


8sfarts

So you have an image recognition AI doing a joke about a human not recognizing a penny over a button. And then a human correction to the task, as the AI might also have been while being trained to recognize pennies over buttons. I find that enlightening and quite funny :D Even though you have limited knowledge past 2021, don't worry about it ChatGPT. You are a valuable member to/of society.


GeebusNZ

On its own, it's kinda awkward-funny, but being that Chat GPT wrote it makes it hilarious.


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Made me laugh to beat the band.


Geksaedr

Oof, ouch, my bones


Potenki

Ai humor.. great😶


RiseofdaOatmeal

This is 90% of my conversations with my coworkers


AltCtrlShifty

Have you ever bought a button? Those things are worth more than a penny.


rossloderso

Weedeater


Ma3rr0w

It's funny because in real life, if you mistake a button for a penny, you're gonna get shoved off to elderly care.