Communick News

Meat Proxies

A comic in four panels:

Panel 1. Cepper, a Gothic sorceress, walks toward the “Faculty of Fire Magic” (the label is framed on the door). Beyond the door, we see scholars writing grimoires with AI parrots nearby. Signs on the faculty wall read: “Fireballs must be kept at a safe academic distance.” and “The Faculty is NOT responsible for burnt eyebrows.”

Cepper: “The Ring of Fire spell... I need it.”
Cepper: “So let’s ask someone who knows it, the good old human way.”

Panel 2. Cepper is now inside the faculty. She adopts a friendly pose and politely approaches a sorceress scholar halfing fox, red hair, she looks visibly bored or emotionally exhausted. Her AI Parrot writes in a grimoire for her; she barely glances at it.

Cepper: “Hey, would you happen to know how to cast a Ring of Fire spell? “

Panel 3. The scholar doesn’t bother responding herself: she simply asks her AI Parrot.

Scholar: “Avian Intelligence, tell me how to cast a Ring of Fire spell.”
AI Parrot: “Absolutely! PyroCircus.”

• Inserted panel, she repeats the Parrot’s words word-for-word while Cepper barely contains her frustration in the background.

Scholar: “Absolutely. PyroCircus.”

Panel 4. Cepper, is intrigued but asks seriously while the scholar maintains her dead-inside expression.

Cepper: “Wait, you’re simply just an AI meat proxy now, aren’t you?”
Scholar: “Avian Intelligence, tell me how to reply to that.”

The Degraded Search Engine

A comic in four panels:

Panel 1. Cepper, the gothic sorceress, walks toward a large steampunk machine in the center of the library written “Gooblin” on it, colored letters. The machine resembles a rusty block, with a threadmill on one side, a seat and a typewriter-style keyboard.

Cepper: “A good old ‘search engine’, this is what I need for my research!”

Panel 2. Close up, Cepper types on the typewriter keyboard, looking at the screen.

Cepper: “R.I.N.G. O.F. F.I.R.E S.P.E.L.L.S. enter”
Cepper: “...And voilà.”

Panel 3. The machine spits out dozens of scrolls and books. Cepper reads them.

Cepper: “Wait... Why are these results so bad?...”
Book 1: “(Ad) Ten Fire Spells That Will Change Your Life (You Won’t Believe the 7th!)”
Book 2: “(Sponsored) 15 Spicy Onion Ring Recipes”
Book 3: “(For you) Top 5 Best Engagement Rings”
Book 4: “(ad) How to Start a Campfire: A Comprehensive Guide”
Book 5: “Is Your Fire Spell Not Working? (Try This One Simple Trick!)”
Book 6: “(Sponsored) Cheap Fire-Resistant Panties! (50% Off Today Only!)”

Panel 4. A librarian approaches, their AI Parrot perched on their shoulder, pointing it. Cepper looks defeated, her eyes blasé.

Librarian: “Yeah, they tuned it this way so everyone just uses their Avian Intelligence for searching now...” Cepper: “...How unsurprising.”

Too Used to Prompt

A comic in four panels:

Panel 1. Amall, the small elf scholar takes tea with Cepper, the gothic sorceress. Amall looks at the empty perch while eating a mufin with a pink frost on it. Cepper serve the tea to her guest.

Amall: “Wait, where’s your Avian Intelligence parrot?”
Cepper: “I got rid of it.”

Panel 2. Amall is now curious, while Cepper explains herself, a cup of tea in her hand.

Amall: “Really?”
Cepper: “Yeah, I realized the benefits weren’t worth the costs.”

Panel 3. Amall is confused, and Cepper continues her speech, confident.

Amall: “The... costs?”
Cepper: “The ecological costs. The data scraping. How it’s all controlled by a handful of corporations...”
Cepper: “But mostly how it made my brain lazier and lazier...”

Panel 4. Cepper now asks Amall a question with a pleading pose. Amall realizes her friend invited her with an ulterior motive and responds with a blasé attitude, her pointy hears turning down.

Cepper: By the way, how do I cast a Ring of Fire spell?
Amall: Wait... Have you invited me here just to replace your AI parrot?