A robot walks into a bar: can a Melbourne researcher get AI to do comedy?
by Tory Shepherd from Technology | The Guardian on (#7202K)
Machines can be funny when they mistakenly bump into things - but standup is a tough gig even for humans
Robots can make humans laugh - mostly when they fall over - but a new research project is looking at whether robots using AI could ever be genuinely funny.
If you ask ChatGPT for a funny joke, it will serve you up something that belongs in a Christmas cracker: Why don't skeletons fight each other? Because they don't have the guts."
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