By Dutch cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards

@Natasha_Jay now THIS is the future that big tech wants

echos of conservative demands to get rid of "non-profitable" classes in schools like the arts

human purpose make profit and GDP go up, societal impact and personal freedom be damned

freedom to have slavery

@Natasha_Jay yea, bender would be into that

@Natasha_Jay
Perfect. Wow.

#AI gets all the "creative" jobs, and we're left doing all the "menial tasks" they predicted "robots" would be doing in the future to free us up for more "creative" pursuits.

@Natasha_Jay Spot on. The reverse centaur is a reality.

We desperately need to turn this development around.

As Arthur C. Clarke said, "In the future, the goal will be full unemployment - so we can play."

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"The cruelty is the point" taken to its logical conclusion.

@Natasha_Jay

Reverse centaurs in their natural habitat.

https://locusmag.com/feature/commentary-cory-doctorow-reverse-centaurs/

@Natasha_Jay He's here on Fedi! 🥰 - Here's his post of the cartoon:
https://newsie.social/@royaards/116013038551477837

@Natasha_Jay also this outstanding SMBC:

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/sad-2

@Natasha_Jay hmmm maybe this is more truth than fiction @restlesshead

@moritz_negwer
Thanks. Sadly his server is - I think blocked - by my own (grrrr) or vice versa.

It's life here sometimes

@royaards@newsie.social

@joe
Sadly my server blocks newsie.social...

@Natasha_Jay

The promise of ubiquitous technology, thwarted by unfettered technofeudalists.

@Natasha_Jay
His comic made the front page of Le Monde - reposting the link here for those who cannot reach @royaards on Fedi
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2026/02/04/vu-par-tjeerd-royaards_6665324_3232.html

@oz1sej @Natasha_Jay In the 60s and 70s, that's what we thought the 21st century would be like - loads of time for recreation. What happened, instead, is that fewer and fewer people have employment and those who don't are vilified, as though it's their fault and not the result of increasing automation.

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The robots look like Bender from Futurama.

@anne_twain @Natasha_Jay Precisely. In my opinion, we need a lot more tax on the super wealthy, and a Universal Basic Income of 25% of the GDP.

@oz1sej @Natasha_Jay Indeed!

@Natasha_Jay @MugsysRapSheet I have been saying that for a while: they automate all things that are fun and that make us human. Writing, painting, music, play. This is not an accident. They are not here to help us.

Learn an instrument, learn to paint, write a poem even if it is shite! Enjoy the journey getting better and sucking less - or embrace to suck at something new today! Buy a painting by a (local) artist, listen to live music.
(edit: the idea of sucking at something new is not mine...)

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We just had it here, without a picture
https://infosec.exchange/@littlealex/116029124938611078

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