It’s Just Context – Commits and Conflicts

Commits and Conflicts, Episode 8: It’s Just Context. Four-panel comic strip; full transcript below.

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Read the transcript

Panel 1: The Discovery

Nova: You pasted our conversation into ChatGPT?!

Panel 2: It’s Just Context

Paul: I needed help understanding why we keep arguing.

Panel 3: The Second Opinion

Therapist: Did ChatGPT offer any useful advice?

Panel 4: The Third Wheel

Paul: It suggested couples therapy.

Nova: So now it’s managing our relationship, too?