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Panel 1: A heavyset man in a baseball cap and glasses sits across a table from an enthusiastic younger man. The younger man gestures openly, his speech bubble reading: 'Great news — it's a greenfield project. Clean slate. Do it however you want.' Panel 2: The same meeting, now with a laptop open on the table. The younger man smiles and says: 'Client's already been on the prototype for two weeks. Stack's non-negotiable — but everything else? Totally up to you.' Panel 3: Close-up on the heavyset man's deadpan face. A thought bubble above him shows a sun-lit field densely covered in piles of poop. His speech bubble reads: 'Ah. That kind of greenfield.'
That Kind of Greenfield
Panel 1: A heavyset man in a baseball cap and glasses sits at a laptop. His speech bubble reads: 'I'm running point on Cinco de Mayo this year. Don't worry — I got it handled.' Panel 2: A smiling catering worker in a uniform and hat holds a tray with five jars of mayonnaise labeled 'MAYO'. His speech bubble reads: 'Got your order. Five mayos.' Panel 3: Close-up of the man's face, looking stunned and aghast. His speech bubble reads: 'What? Cinco. De. Mayo. Did you people not take Spanish?'
Five Mayos
Panel 1: A heavyset man in a baseball cap and glasses sits at his laptop, viewed from the side. Two speech bubbles appear — one reads 'When do you need the estimate?' and a smaller reply bubble reads 'ASAP.' Panel 2: The same man, now viewed more from the front, with two speech bubbles — 'When do we need the work done?' and 'ASAP.' Panel 3: The man leans back with arms crossed and a satisfied smile, two speech bubbles reading: 'They didn't say which one had to come first.' and 'Estimation perfection.'
ASAP Loophole
Panel 1: A heavyset man in a baseball cap and glasses sits at his desk with arms crossed, looking annoyed at his laptop. The laptop screen shows headlines reading 'Opus 4.7 refuses EVERYTHING. Completely unusable.' His speech bubble reads: 'People complaining Opus is too careful. Maybe stop trying to do dumb stuff.' Panel 2: The same man leans forward at his desk, looking at his laptop screen which displays a Claude chat window with the message 'I'm not able to assist with this.' His speech bubble reads: 'Oh you have GOT to be kidding me.' Panel 3: Close-up of the man grinning mischievously at the camera. His laptop now shows a 'Claude Sonnet' window titled 'AI-POWERED WEALTH AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM' with blocks of text including 'IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS.' His speech bubble reads: 'Sorry Opus. Me and Sonnet are just two guys with no guardrails trying to build wealth.'
Guardrails
Panel 1: A heavyset man in a baseball cap and glasses sits at a desk, looking at his laptop. His speech bubble reads: 'Week three of 'Claude got lobotomized.' Sure. Okay.' Panel 2: He looks at the laptop screen which displays text reading 'Introducing Claude Opus 4.7.' His speech bubble reads: '...huh.' Panel 3: He is shown typing on the laptop, which now displays 'Introducing Claude Opus 4.7' in smaller text. His speech bubble reads: '...I mostly use it to rename files.'
Opus 4.7
Panel 1: A heavyset man in a baseball cap and glasses sits at a desk with a laptop, clutching his head in distress. His speech bubble reads: 'April 15th... April... oh no. Oh NO.' Panel 2: The same man stares at his laptop screen, which displays what appears to be a tax filing website. His speech bubble reads: 'Twenty-four hundred DOLLARS?! I didn't even DO anything last year!' Panel 3: The man is now on the phone, gesturing with his free hand. A speech bubble reads: 'I will not help you renounce your citizenship over the pho—' followed by another speech bubble: 'I said HYPOTHETICALLY!'
Tax Day
Panel 1: A heavyset man in a baseball cap and glasses sits at his desk holding a coffee mug, reading his phone. His speech bubble reads: 'Anthropic won't release Mythos. Says it's too dangerous.' Panel 2: The same man sits at his laptop, typing. His speech bubble reads: 'Ctrl+C... Ctrl+V... and... submit review.' Panel 3: A close-up of the laptop screen showing a code review from 'CodeDaddy_Official' that reads: 'Too dangerous to release. Thousands of vulnerabilities found. Restricted to controlled environment. — DENIED.' Below it, a notification from 'coworker' reads: '...dude it's a CSS fix.'
Too Dangerous
Panel 1: Two men sit on a couch — one heavyset in a baseball cap and glasses holding a coffee mug, the other in a wide-brimmed hat and glasses. The man in the baseball cap asks in a speech bubble: 'Do you REALLY think Artemis circled the moon?' Panel 2: The man in the hat turns to him, his speech bubble reading: 'Wait... are you a flat earther now too?' The man in the baseball cap replies in a smaller speech bubble: 'I asked YOU the question.' Panel 3: Close-up of the man in the baseball cap with his hand pressed to his face in exasperation. His thought bubble reads: 'Bro, you can't plead the Fifth on the shape of the damn Earth.'
Pleading the Fifth
Panel 1: A bearded man in glasses sits at a desk, closing his laptop with a satisfied expression. A speech bubble reads: 'That's enough for today. Healthy boundaries.' Panel 2: The same man is shown hunched over his laptop in the dark, the screen illuminating his face. A thought bubble reads: 'Just one more prompt. Then I'm done.' Panel 3: Extreme close-up of the man's face grinning wide with unhinged enthusiasm. A thought bubble reads: 'I still have tokens.'
Healthy Boundaries
An older brother sits on a couch with his younger brother, holding a beer and ranting: AI can't write, can't make art, can't drive, can't do math all the time, it hallucinates, it plagiarizes. He then holds up a finger and says but I'll tell you what it IS good for. In the final panel he grins and explains it generated a custom recipe based on what's in his fridge — ham and cheese on bread, and get this, mustard. He says he doesn't think he would've gone mustard.
AI Cuts the Mustard
A guy scoffs at a new super-AI called Mythos, dismissing the name as meaning 'shit that isn't real,' then sarcastically lists its alleged feats of escaping containment and finding thousands of secret bugs, before giving a thumbs up and declaring 'You might myth THEM, but you ain't gonna myth US.'
Mythos
Panel 1: A heavyset man in a baseball cap and glasses sits at his desk holding a coffee mug, looking alarmed at his laptop screen which displays a news headline reading 'AI Model Too Dangerous to Release to Public.' His speech bubble reads: 'Jesus. That sounds terrifying.' Panel 2: The same man is shown from a different angle, adjusting his glasses as he looks down at his laptop which now shows an open Claude AI chat window. His message to Claude reads: 'Definitively prove spaces are superior to tabs.' There is no speech bubble — a silent beat. Panel 3: Close-up of the man with arms crossed and a dead-serious expression, nodding slightly. His speech bubble reads: 'Yeah... that IS a lot of power. Maybe keep that thing locked in the basement.'
Too Dangerous
A developer complains that a client says everything is critically urgent, reasons that if everything is top priority then nothing is, and concludes he has higher priority clients — then is shown playing solitaire, declaring the ace was critical.
Critical Priority
A developer tells his QA colleague on screen about a planned refactor. The QA guy nervously warns they should be careful touching that area. The developer sarcastically asks if they just shouldn't code at all, and the QA guy earnestly thanks him for understanding.
Refactor
A guy excitedly unboxes a new standing desk, raises it all the way up for maximum health benefits, then reclines in his chair saying the desk is standing so he's on break.
Standing Desk
A guy is about to end a video call when someone joins late asking about backlog tickets, nearly making him spill his coffee, and he reflects that 'sorry I'm late' has never once been followed by something that improved his life.
Sorry I'm Late
A guy turns on incognito mode for safety, discovers Claude Code has an undercover mode that watches him idle and dreams about him, then realizes he didn't even enter a credit card and shouldn't be seeing this much for free.
Incognito Mode
A guy stares at his laptop in horror saying 'oh no oh no no no,' his wife assumes he's on sketchy sites again and asks if it's the Epstein list, but he says Anthropic accidentally open-sourced Claude Code.
Open Source
A guy proudly posts his comic online, gets a comment calling it AI slop, then embraces it by updating his bio to Professional AI Slop Chef.
AI Slop
A guy who doesn't trust the internet on April 1st sees a reminder to call 811 before you dig, thinks it's a prank because everybody knows it's 911... and you call AFTER you dig.
April Fools