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AI Is Funny - a Generative Joke Model

Posted by timothy on from the funny-is-a-strong-word-for-it dept.

RemyBR writes "Can computers tell a good joke? Is comedy just a matter of statistics or is there something only a human can bring to creating a joke? A joke generator created at the University of Edinburgh (PDF) suggests that AI can be funny. Some AI generated jokes: 'I like my relationships like I like my source, open,' 'I like my coffee like I like my war, cold,' 'I like my boys like I like my sectors, bad.'"

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  1. website! by Xicor · · Score: 5, Interesting

    give us a website with access to this joke maker! not just a journal article

  2. This Has Been Done by Toad-san · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well, in the movies anyway. Remember the first robot who could NOT get a joke? (Robbie)
    And I think the first wise-cracking robot? (Johnny 5 in "Short Circuit")

    And then of course there was Data .. with mixed results in reference to humor and jokes.

  3. That's what she said by barlevg · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The fascinating thing to me was that the funniest jokes it managed to come up with had a definite misogynistic streak. Is it because misogyny is inherently amusing, or because sexist jokes are low-hanging fruit? Link to more coverage of the same story.

  4. Schubert's 8th by Alsee · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I like my jokes like I like my symphonies

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