The Simulation
October 28, 2026
Google's Genie 4 simulates whole worlds and shows what happens next, which Hoot says depends on the event; Preston wants to simulate Featherweight's IPO, but it's only for trusted testers; Gus got in anyway and ran it, super realistic, and Preston pictures the bell and the cover; Hoot asks what happened next; Gus: 'A banker asked what we do. Then the world crashed.'
Starring Preston, Dr. Hoot, Gus
Transcript
- Panel 1
- Preston: Google's new AI simulates whole worlds. Start an event, it shows what happens next.
- Dr. Hoot: Well, it depends on the event.
- Panel 2
- Preston: Then we simulate our… IPO.
- Dr. Hoot: It's only for trusted testers.
- Panel 3
- Gus: I got in! I ran our IPO. Super realistic!
- Preston: The bell. The… cover.
- Panel 4
- Dr. Hoot: And what happened next?
- Gus: A banker asked what we do. Then the world crashed.
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