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6 Cartoons That Deal with AI

3 min readOct 14, 2026

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There are a lot of issues involved.

I have used AI to a limited extent. You may have seen some AI-generated cartoons I created. And in a nod to people constantly harping on typos, I use AI to proofread my pieces. Having said that, I think AI is coming for pretty much all of us. We will have to deal with it.

More jobs are at risk than we might have thought

Cartoon by Lambert-King

At first, we may have thought just tech and computer-related jobs would be affected by AI, but it seems like that pool of jobs affected may be growing. At some point, look for panhandlers to use a bot to do their thing.

Are your intellectual properties safe?

Cartoon by Lambert-King

Google reached a deal with Reddit for $60 million a year to use Reddit posts to train AI. It’s my understanding that writers got nothing. AI is scraping the internet for the same purpose. I’d like to see Medium state where it stands on this issue.

And it’s not just humans

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Larrylambert
Larrylambert

Written by Larrylambert

You probably don't know my name, but have likely seen my work. I've written for numerous syndicated cartoon strips and my gags have appeared in national pubs.