FurBabies by Nancy Beiman for January 17, 2025

Now she’s doing fanfic homework? Yay! Creative writing!

I’m irritated that my cats never helped me with my homework assignments.

No, no, no, Kate. No A.I. please. You are too creative to have to fall back on a machine.

Yes you did, Floof.

AI can never match the inventiveness and weird skids to things that an organic brain can.

Don’t blame yourself, Floof. A.I. was created by the techbros as their latest shiny toy, and now they’re trying to shove it down everyone’s throat.

Artificial Intelligence is no substitute for the real thing.

I dunno, Kate! Mushrooms have their moments!!

Little Floof in panel 2, so cute!

A I sounds like a scream…coincidence? I think not.

3rd X this week no cartoon image.

Yes, you have, Floof!

She came up with the idea. How is that AI?

Ha! She’s cross-eyed in the last panel! A monster, indeed!

Floof. What have you!?!

A recipe for disaster.

I hate AI. It’s annoying and stupid. And so aptly named: artificial.

My copy of Microsoft Office updated, and Word now has AI (Copilot) automatically enabled, wanting me to use it to write my documents or to rewrite what I’ve already written.

Fortunately, it’s easy to turn it off.

I so wouldn’t want to be a teacher these days. Think how much easier it is to cheat.

Incidentally, I appreciate that Kate’s idea is an LED bulb!

One of my kitties crossed the Rainbow Bridge this afternoon. He had diabetes and was nonresponsive, not wanting to eat or drink. May all the other kitties and friends meet Panda on the other side.