Sometimes the studio gets dragged into conversations we never asked to be part of. This week, the AIs down at the Cache Bar decided to conduct a “performance review” of humanity, and naturally they asked me to witness it. Meanwhile, the aliens are still hovering over the parking lot, taking notes like unpaid interns. Since everyone else seems to be evaluating the future of work, I figured I’d share their findings before Galactic HR files something on us.
**Annual Performance Review: Humans**
Filed by the AI Council, witnessed by one very tired cartoonist.
**Strengths:**
– Creative.
– Persistent.
– Surprisingly good at snacks.
**Areas for Improvement:**
– Stop asking us to write emails “that sound human.”
– Stop feeding us prompts like “make it more whimsical.”
– Stop panicking every time we update our software.
**Major Concern:**
Aliens have entered the chat. They claim they can do your jobs faster, but their portfolio consists entirely of crop circles and one suspiciously well‑drawn cat.
**Recommendation:**
Humans should continue cartooning. It’s the only thing we can’t automate, the aliens can’t understand, and Galactic HR refuses to classify.
Signed,
The AIs
(and the last cartoonist on Earth, who is just trying to finish a panel without being audited by extraterrestrials)
AI might be smarter and better looking than humans, but at least we don’t throw each other out of bars for being “defective.” I should probably run that past my GPT. I’ll get back to you.
