The Ada–Babbage Comic: A Meeting of Minds

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Observe! It performs calculations.
Splendid. What else could it represent?
Numbers, primarily.
Charles, you have mistaken the beginning for the conclusion.
You want the machine to compose music?
If music can be expressed through mathematical relationships, why not?
I was hoping you'd help me finish the machine.
I am helping. I'm giving it a future.
2 + 2 = 4 ✓
Bonjour → Hello
?Answer: 42!!!
(very sure)
“Some arguments are centuries ahead of their comment sections.”
At last! The Engine has arrived.
Look closer. It writes, translates, calculates and generates pictures.
Remarkable! Does it think?
Let's not confuse producing an answer with understanding the question.
You haven't changed at all.