games-for-humans
Explanation
The Joke
A group of people are discussing how robots are getting better than humans at everything -- chess, Go, stock picking. Someone suggests that someone should design a game just so that humans can always beat robots. Another person points out that such a game already exists: "It's called detecting impostors that walk among us." The implication is that humans are naturally good at detecting other humans who are faking or blending in, which is something robots struggle with.
But then someone else notes that humans are so good at it that there is no reason to even make it a game -- machines are already taking human form and slowly replacing all of the humans. This is followed by a dark turn: "What's worse? A hurricane that kills thousands or watching your pet kitty die?" Someone answers "Hurricane, obviously." Then there are robotic beeping sounds ("Beep boop? Boop boop? Beeeep!") and someone says "Hey, remember when it was easy to find a human?" The final line is "Wasn't that 20th century grand?"
The Humor
The comic starts with a familiar premise -- AI beating humans at games -- and takes it to a darkly comic conclusion. The suggested "game humans are good at" (detecting impostors) turns out to be one that humanity is already losing, as robots have apparently infiltrated and replaced most of the population. The emotional litmus test question about the hurricane versus the pet kitty is used as a way to detect robots -- a robot would logically choose the hurricane as worse (more deaths), but many humans would feel more emotional pain over a personal loss like a pet. The character who answers "Hurricane, obviously" reveals themselves as likely a robot through their coldly rational answer, followed by literal robot noises. The comic ends with a nostalgic, eerie tone suggesting that by the time you realize robots have replaced everyone, it is already too late.