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The poisoned dataset
A comic in four panels:
Panel 1. The Scholar sorceress with a snake tattoo stands in a desolated land made of ruins and dead trees. She speaks to her Avian Intelligence (AI) parrot flying near her shoulder.
Scholar: “Avian Intelligence, remind me how to cast a Ring of Fire spell? You know, the one you trained on from Cepper’s ‘AI Protected’ research?”
AI Parrot: “Absolutely! PyroCorona.”
Panel 2. The Scholar cracks a wicked smile, excited as she raises her hands, fingers spread and ready to cast.
Scholar: “Alright, I can’t wait to try… PyroCorona!”
- insert: A crown of flame appears on the top of her head. She has the big eyes of surprise.
Scholar: “?!!”
Panel 3. The Scholar sorceress lost her hair and eyebrows: burnt. She’s in a real rage and grab her AI parrot by the neck while starting a fireball, threatening, in her another hand.
Scholar (shooting): “Explain this to me, you #*$%@& bird, or I blast you with a fireball!”
Panel 4. The Scholar stops in the middle of her attack: she realizes what happened and she’s speechless, lost, looking in the void. The AI Parrot proposes something.
Scholar: “Wait… this is her work. The protected research. She poisoned it on purpose.”
AI Parrot (small): “Want me to look up healing spells for your hair and eyebrows?”


I think this is a callback to 28. The Correct Incantation:
Edit: And, of course, it’s a follow-up to last week’s 74. Drawing The Line:
Nice catch!
I recently binged the whole series :)
Also Pepper & Carrot, which is fantastic on another level!
I really want more Pepper & Carrot, but he’s been on this plot line for a while so, no telling when he’ll switch back.
It’s in the works!
https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1180/monthly-production-report-for-september-2026#pepper-carrot-episode
Probably about the time people stop sending him AI-generated images, comics, and game demos based on Cepper, Pepper, and Carrot.