5 fearfully funny cartoons about AI anxiety

Artists take on job security, electricity use, and more

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A man sits at a desk in an office. An empty parking lot outside can be seen through a window behind his desk. He has a newspaper on the desk with a headline of “AI layoffs.” The man looks at his computer and speaks into a phone saying, “It’s a meeting request from HR… Any idea what ‘offboarding’ means?”

(Image credit: Jonathan Brown / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

A man is at home in his chair watching TV as his dog snoozes on the floor. The message on the screen reads, “It’s 10 p.m. Do you know how the U.S. power grid is holding up after electric usage by AI data centers?”

(Image credit: Harley Schwadron / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

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