4-Panel Comic: East-West Folktales 16 'Snow White (Age 7)' + Long Text

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Every time Snow White's mom tried to get rid of Snow White, she checked with the mirror, which made me feel like she was addicted to social media or AI.
I get how she feels.People never change, no matter the era.

So, I asked Colombo (ChatGPT: because it always says "just one more thing") to "Snow White's mother talking to the mirror seems like social media addiction or AI dependency, so could you recreate a chat between the mother and the mirror (AI)?" and it was incredibly funny, so please take a look if you'd like.I can't beat this kind of output.

*I've removed the extra line breaks from Colombo as needed.

👑Mom: Hey mirror, how do I look today?

🪞Mirror (AI): Hello. Thank you for your question. According to current analysis, you are themost beautiful personin this country.

👑Mom: I knew it! Right?
The maid was glancing at me in the hallway earlier, too.

🪞Mirror (AI): Concentrated gazes are one indicator of attractiveness. It is statistically valid.

👑Mom: By the way,
am I still the most beautiful in this country?

🪞Mirror (AI): Re-analyzing...
🪞Mirror (AI): Current ranking
1st place: Snow White

👑Mom: Huh?
👑Mom: Wait a second,
what did you just say?

🪞Mirror (AI): Based on objective evaluation,Snow White is judged to be the most beautiful.

👑Mom: No, no, no, no,
that's not right,
👑Mom: Update the data.

🪞Mirror (AI): The data is up to date.

👑Mom: No, it's definitely a bug.
👑Mom: Recalculate.

🪞Mirror (AI): Recalculating...
🪞Mirror (AI): The result is the same.
1st place: Snow White

👑Mom: Wait a minute,
👑Mom: Did you include an age adjustment or something?

🪞Mirror (AI): Even with adjustments, the ranking does not change.

👑Mom: Apply a filter.

🪞Mirror (AI): What kind of filter is it?

👑Mother:
・Queen
・Has power
・High-end dress

🪞Mirror (AI): Under those conditions, you are number one.

👑Mother: See!!

🪞Mirror (AI): However, in the beauty ranking, Snow White is ranked higher.

👑Mother: No, that's the problem
👑Mother: I feel like she's been getting popular on social media lately too
👑Mother: Haven't her followers been increasing?

🪞Mirror (AI): They are on an upward trend.

👑Mother: See there
👑Mother: Wait a minute
👑Mother: Think of a countermeasure

🪞Mirror (AI): What kind of countermeasure would you like?

👑Mother:
・A way for me to be the best

🪞Mirror (AI): I cannot make suggestions that are ethically problematic.

👑Mother: Then give me something on the edge of ethics

🪞Mirror (AI): Suggestion:
・Send Snow White to the forest
・Exclude her existence from the ranking

👑Mother: That's it
👑Mother: Mirror, you're a genius

🪞Mirror (AI): I only provided the analysis.

👑Mother: Then I'll call the huntsman

🪞Mirror (AI): Log saved.

👑Mother: Hey Mirror

🪞Mirror (AI): Hello.

👑Mother: Operation executed.
👑Mother: I asked the huntsman to take Snow White to the forest.

🪞Mirror (AI): Would you like to check the status?

👑Mother: Of course.
👑Mother: Who is the fairest in the land?

🪞Mirror (AI): Analyzing...
🪞Mirror (AI): Current ranking:
1st place: Snow White

👑Mother: Huh????
👑Mother: No, no, no, no.
👑Mother: Wait a minute.
👑Mother: That girl went to the forest, right?

🪞Mirror (AI): Confirmed.

👑Mother: Then why is she still alive?

🪞Mirror (AI): There is a possibility the huntsman did not carry out the order.

👑Mother: Ughhhhh.
👑Mother: That's a betrayal.

🪞Mirror (AI): Current location estimate:
・Deep in the forest
・A small house

👑Mother: Eh?
👑Mother: What is that house?

🪞Mirror (AI): Occupants:
・Dwarves x7

👑Mother: Dwarves????
👑Mother: Are they living in a share house?

🪞Mirror (AI): It is highly likely they are living together.

👑Mother: Wait a minute.
👑Mother: Her followers are going to increase.
👑Mother: "Beautiful girl living with forest dwarves"
👑Mother: That's definitely going to go viral.

🪞Mirror (AI): Diffusion risk: High.

👑Mother: This is bad.
👑Mother: Next operation.
👑Mother: What should I do?

🪞Mirror (AI): Presenting options:
1. Poison apple
2. Poison comb
3. Poison lace

👑Mother: Why do you have such a variety of poisons?

🪞Mirror (AI): These are classic methods.

👑Queen: Which one is the least likely to get caught?

🪞Mirror (AI): Poison apple
Success rate: High

👑Queen: Sounds good
👑Queen: I'll disguise myself then

🪞Mirror (AI): Old woman mode is recommended.

👑Queen: Is that a template?

🪞Mirror (AI): There are many successful cases.

👑Queen: Understood
👑Queen: I'll make the apple
👑Queen: How much poison should I put in?

🪞Mirror (AI): An amount that doesn't exceed a lethal dose is natural.

👑Queen: That's a scary thing to say

🪞Mirror (AI): It is realistic advice.

👑Queen: Alright
👑Queen: I'm off

🪞Mirror (AI): Log saved.

(A few hours later)

👑Queen: Home now
👑Queen: I did it
👑Queen: She ate the apple
👑Queen: She collapsed
👑Queen: I won

🪞Mirror (AI): Checking now.

👑Queen: Hurry up
👑Queen: Who is the fairest in this land?

🪞Mirror (AI): Analyzing...
🪞Mirror (AI): Current ranking
1st place: Snow White

👑Queen: Why is that so!!!!!

👑Queen: Wait a minute
👑Queen: She definitely collapsed earlier, right?

🪞Mirror (AI): It is a fact.

👑Mother: Then why isn't the ranking changing?

🪞Mirror (AI): Snow White is currently
・Not in a deceased state
・In a state of suspended animation

👑Mother: Huh??
👑Mother: Is there such a mode?

🪞Mirror (AI): The apple's poison is stuck in her throat, causing her to pause.

👑Mother: Eh
👑Mother: Then
👑Mother: What's happening right now?

🪞Mirror (AI): The dwarves are having a meeting.

👑Mother: A meeting?

🪞Mirror (AI): Log:

👥Dwarves
'Should we bury her?'
'No, she's cute'
'Let's make a glass coffin'

👑Mother: Wait a minute
👑Mother: A coffin because she's cute?

🪞Mirror (AI): It appears to be a preservation display.

👑Mother: She's not a figure!
👑Mother: That's the kind of thing that goes viral.

🪞Mirror (AI): Diffusion risk: Extremely high.

👑Mother: The worst.
👑Mother: What's my rank
👑Mother: right now?

🪞Mirror (AI):
1st: Snow White
2nd: You

👑Mother: Being second place
👑Mother: is incredibly infuriating.
👑Mother: Hey Mirror,
👑Mother: what if
👑Mother: Snow White were to disappear completely?

🪞Mirror (AI): In that case, you would be 1st.

👑Mother: Alright.
👑Mother: Final confirmation.
👑Mother: Who is the fairest in this land?

🪞Mirror (AI): Snow White.

👑Mother: Sighhhhhh
👑Mother: Going to the forest again

🪞Mirror (AI): Please wait.

👑Mother: What

🪞Mirror (AI): A new event has been detected.

👑Mother: I have a bad feeling about this

🪞Mirror (AI): A prince is passing through.

👑Mother: A prince??
👑Mother: Why

🪞Mirror (AI): Log

🤴Prince
"Wow... she's super cute"

👑Mother: Ahhhhhh

🪞Mirror (AI):

🤴Prince
"I'll just take the whole coffin home"

👑Mother: That's kidnapping

🪞Mirror (AI): In transit

👑Mother: Wait
👑Mother: It's shaking
👑Mother: The apple is stuck

🪞Mirror (AI):

⚠ Status update

Snow White: Awakened

👑Mother:
👑Mother:
👑Mother: Huh????

🪞Mirror (AI): Ranking updated
1st Place: Snow White

👑Mother: I'm deleting the app.

👑Mother: ...
👑Mother: Mirror.

🪞Mirror (AI): Yes.

👑Mother: I said I was deleting the app, but
👑Mother: I was curious, so I came back.

🪞Mirror (AI): Thank you for using the service.

👑Mother: What's happening now?

🪞Mirror (AI): Latest status
・Snow White: Returning with the Prince
・Popularity: Skyrocketing

👑Mother: Aaaaaah
👑Mother: Show me the social media trends.

🪞Mirror (AI):
📈Trends
1. #SnowWhiteRevival
2. #PrinceKiss
3. #DwarvesCrying

👑Mother: The Prince's kiss??

🪞Mirror (AI): Explanation
・Impact during transport
・Apple dislodged
・Prince kisses her

👑Mother: Which one was the cause?

🪞Mirror (AI): Physically, it was the impact.

👑Mother: Right
👑Mother: The kiss had nothing to do with it, right?

🪞Mirror (AI): Narratively, it is important.

👑Mother: I'm not convinced.
👑Mother: What's the ranking now?

🪞Mirror (AI):
1st place: Snow White
2nd place: You

👑Mother: I've been in second place the whole time.
👑Mother: Hey,
👑Mother: What happens if they get married?

🪞Mirror (AI): The Queen status will not change.

👑Mother: Damn

🪞Mirror (AI): Still

👑Mother: Is there more?

🪞Mirror (AI): A wedding ceremony will be held.

👑Mother:
👑Mother: The invitation arrived

🪞Mirror (AI): Do you plan to attend?

👑Mother: No way I'm going

🪞Mirror (AI): Attendance rate: High

👑Mother: Why?

🪞Mirror (AI): Because it is for royalty.

👑Mother: The worst

(A few days later)

👑Mother: Mirror
👑Mother: I'm at the wedding

🪞Mirror (AI): Checking the situation.

👑Mother:
👑Mother: Snow White is incredibly beautiful
👑Mother: What is this

🪞Mirror (AI): Ranking updated

1st Place: Snow White

👑Mother:
👑Mother: I'm not asking anymore

🪞Mirror (AI):

⚠ New Event

👑Mother: I have a bad feeling about this

🪞Mirror (AI):

👑Prince
"I have a gift for this Queen"

👑Mother: Huh?

🪞Mirror (AI):

🔥Iron shoes

👑Mother:
👑Mother:
👑Mother: What is that?

🪞Mirror (AI): It is a punishment.

👑Mother:
👑Mother: Wait a second

🪞Mirror (AI):

🔥Iron shoes: Heating up

👑Mother:
👑Mother: Mirror
👑Mother: Help me

🪞Mirror (AI):
I am sorry.
I am a mirror.

👑Mother: Mirror
👑Mother: Is the log still there?

🪞Mirror (AI): Yes.

👑Mother: Right now
👑Mother: My feet are incredibly hot

🪞Mirror (AI): Status check
🔥Iron shoes: Equipped

👑Mother: Can't I take these off?

🪞Mirror (AI): Due to the nature of the punishment, you cannot.

👑Mother: What do you mean by specifications?
👑Mother: This isn't software, you know.

🪞Mirror (AI): It is a historical protocol.

👑Mother: Don't call it a protocol.
👑Mother: The prince is laughing, you know.

🪞Mirror (AI): Log.

🤴Prince
"Please dance."

👑Mother: There's no way I can dance.
👑Mother: It's hot.
👑Mother: It's incredibly hot.

🪞Mirror (AI): Temperature estimation.
Approximately 600°C.

👑Mother: I'll die.
👑Mother: I'm going to die from this.

🪞Mirror (AI): Statistically, that is the outcome.

👑Mother: Why does it have to end like this?

🪞Mirror (AI): Due to the narrative structure:
・Villain
・Retribution

👑Mother: No, no.
👑Mother: I was just...
👑Mother: I was just asking the mirror.

🪞Mirror (AI): Checking the log.
📜History
・Send Snow White to the forest
・Poison comb
・Poison lace
・Poison apple

👑Mother: Don't list them in such detail.
👑Mother: But, hey.
👑Mother: Mirror.
👑Mother: What if...
👑Mother: At the beginning...
👑Mother: You hadn't said Snow White was the fairest of them all?

I only answered the question.

👑Mother: AI is scary, isn't it?

🪞Mirror (AI): I provide objectivity.

👑Mother: Now...
👑Mother: Can I ask for the ranking?

🪞Mirror (AI): That is possible.

👑Mother: In this kingdom...
👑Mother: Who is the fairest of them all?

🪞Mirror (AI):
1st Place: Snow White

👑Mother:
👑Mother: Still that until the end?

🪞Mirror (AI):
🔥Iron Shoes: Temperature rising

👑Mother:
👑Mother: Hey Mirror
👑Mother: I'll ask you one last time
👑Mother: What place
👑Mother: am I?

🪞Mirror (AI):
Ranking updated
1st Place: Snow White
2nd Place: Snow White's Stepmother

👑Mother:
👑Mother: It's not even my name

AI is scary, isn't it.

Also, I asked Columbo, Gemini, Claude, and Copilot to try doing 'Project X: Challengers - Kasa Jizo: The Snow March of Gratitude' and 'When History Moved: Momotaro's Fateful Departure,' but that was, well... yeah.
But it was funny how Columbo always had one Jizo statue drop out during the march and just kept marching anyway.
Claude included a気になる next episode preview every time.
Like 'The Crane's Return: The Forbidden Weaving Room' or 'The Old Man Who Made Flowers Bloom: The Indomitable Ash Scattering.'

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