Human Resources is a familiar format built around a very current conversation. AI has moved from science fiction into everyday work and life. Readers already know the subject - even if they do not know the technology. The humor is human first. You don’t need to understand algorithms to understand a boss, a performance review, a bad meeting, or a smartwatch that knows too much.
The premise naturally reaches across generations: longtime comics readers, working adults, and digitally engaged younger readers. The world can grow with the technology—offices, autonomous cars, wearables, smart cities, pets, family, relationships, and whatever comes next.
For newspapers, publishers and syndicates, Human Resources offers an opportunity to introduce a fresh workplace comedy built around one of today’s biggest cultural conversations. It can appeal to traditional comic readers while also reaching younger, digitally engaged audiences who live with AI, smartphones, apps, algorithms, and automation every day.
Most importantly, Human Resources isn’t afraid of AI—and it isn’t preaching about it. It’s having fun with it. And as long as humans and artificial intelligence have to figure out how to work together, Dave is going to have a lot to talk about.