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• Advances in Artificial Intelligence: Google created a bot that understands and can explain jokes | infobae ... The development aims to promote Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology to provide greater analysis and response capacity to AI bots
• Can AI tell better jokes than a human? You be the judge | Antoinette Lattouf - The Sydney Morning Herald

Humor often involves the realization of incongruity (mismatch) between a concept and a situation, violations of social taboos or expectations, the resolution of tension or mocking and a sense of superiority. The mystery of what makes a joke funny – but only to some people | Sophie Scott - The Conversation

There are many theories about what makes a joke funny. According to psychology professor Alex Borgella, a joke is funny for one or more of the following reasons: Superiority, Relief, and Incongruity. The Benign Violation Theory (BVT) theorizes that a joke is funny when it meets three necessary conditions: “The presence of some sort of norm violation, be it a moral norm violation (robbing a retirement home), social norm violation (breaking up with a long-term boyfriend via text message), or physical norm violation (purposefully sneezing directly on a child) How to Write a Joke: A Full Guide to the Perfect Set-Up & Punchline | Suzy Woltmann - Backstage

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In the future, our Assistants will be able to generate "tailored humor" that appeals to our particular sense of humor

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What is the funniest chatbot?

• 2023 List of Fun Chatbots | Ometrics

Bard's answer:

That's a tough question to answer, as all three chatbots are capable of being funny. However, if I had to choose, I would say that ChatGPT is the funniest chatbot. ChatGPT is trained on a massive dataset of text and code, which gives it a wide range of knowledge and allows it to generate creative and humorous responses. For example, ChatGPT can generate jokes, puns, and other forms of wordplay. It can also create stories, poems, and other forms of creative writing.

Here are some examples of ChatGPT's humor:

• "What do you call a fish with no eyes? Fsh!"
• "Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field!"
• "What do you call a lazy kangaroo? A pouch potato!"

Bing's answer:

There are many chatbots that claim to be funny, but humor is subjective and depends on the user’s preferences and expectations.

ChatGPT's answer:

As an AI developed by OpenAI, I'm not in a position to judge or determine which chatbot is the funniest since humor is subjective and can vary from person to person. However, I can tell you that ChatGPT, the model I am based on, is designed to engage in natural language conversations and provide helpful and informative responses. While I can attempt to be humorous at times, my primary goal is to assist users with their questions and provide meaningful interactions. Ultimately, the funniest chatbot will depend on your personal preferences and the specific context of the conversation.

Can ChatGPT Write a Late-Night Monologue??

• With writers on strike, can an AI chatbot be as funny as Stephen Colbert? | Chelsea Bailey - BBC

• AI Fallon: " Okay, here goes: Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide! See, that's the kind of classic, timeless humour that only a human brain can come up with. Well, that and maybe a five-year-old's brain, but you get the idea."
• AI Colbert: "Big news today, folks! President Biden has announced that he will be running for re-election. That's right, the man who once said he didn't want to run for president because of his age is now saying, 'Age is just a number, and so is 78!' "Now, I know some of you might be concerned about President Biden's age. In a recent poll, 50% of Americans said they were worried about his age, and the other 50% were Joe Biden. But let's be real, folks, Biden's age is not a big deal. He's got the energy of a 30-year-old, and the memory of a... well, I forget what I was going to say."

Why is it Hard for a Chatbot to Author Jokes?

• It can be difficult for a chatbot to author jokes because humor is a complex and nuanced aspect of human communication. One reason is that humor often relies on context, shared knowledge, and cultural references that can be difficult for a machine to understand and replicate Artificial Intelligence Can Now Craft Original Jokes—And That’s No Laughing Matter | Corinne Purtill
• Here are some of the laughter-related things that AI can't do. ChatGPT Can Craft Jokes, But Can AI Make Us Laugh? | Bob Sharp - Make Use Of
  • Contextual Understanding: Humor isn't just a joke with an attached punchline. There is more subtlety to humor than just this. There are cultural references, sarcasm as a humor tool, and humor that relies on subtleties of language. All these play a large part in what we consider humor. Unfortunately, AI models to generate humor are still lacking.
  • Lack of Emotional Understanding: Humor plays on our emotions. Of course, the end result should be laughter, or it wouldn't be humor. But the road to that laughter can play on many human emotions. This is a subtlety that AI can't factor into its humor and jokes.
  • Timing: Timing is one of those things that is hard to teach. It is a feeling; it is judging when the perfect time to reveal that killer punchline has been reached. AI models cannot factor in timing when creating comedy.
• Your Wit Is My Command: Building AIs With a Sense of Humor | Tony Veale ... provides a computational roadmap for how we might get there.
  • Explanations are to jokes what autopsies are to bodies: if the subject isn’t already dead, it soon will be.
  • Shows that computers can be built with a sense of humor, capable not only of producing a joke but also of appreciating one.
  • In order for robots to be funny we need to analyze humor computationally. Using artificial intelligence (AI), Veale shows that joke generation is a knowledge-based process--a sense of humor is blend of wit and wisdom.
  • Existing technologies can detect sarcasm in conversation
  • Explains how some jokes can be pre-scripted while others are generated algorithmically
  • There is no single algorithm or technology that we can plug in to make our virtual assistants or GPS voice navigation funny

Improbotics

• Improbotics ... An Improvised Theatre Experiment

An improv troupe that works alongside an AI that tosses out prompts and lines that human performers have to work into the show. Piotr Mirowski was working as a search engineer at Bing when he noticed the similarities between his day job and his personal passion, improv. The principle of search engineering is to teach the computer how to identify the best result for a given query. In improv, Mirowski says, performers are also trained to follow their instincts and do what feels best in that scene. It’s not always perfect, and the results sometimes have a hilarious absurdity, as anyone who has started typing a Google query with the predictive search feature on knows. Improv comedians often draw upon cues shouted out from the audience. An AI can draw upon ideas from all over the world and across history. The goal isn’t to build a thing that will make the laughs for us, Mirowski says, but instead one that can help humans find new things to laugh about. As with any new technology, its power will come from the way users choose to interact with it, with results that no one may yet have imagined. Artificial Intelligence Can Now Craft Original Jokes—And That’s No Laughing Matter | Corinne Purtill

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Improbotics' goal isn’t to build a thing that will make the laughs for us but instead one that can help humans find new things to laugh about. - Piotr Mirowski

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Media

Stephen Colbert's Cyborgasm: Google Duplex Google demonstrated its new Google Duplex, an A.I. assistant that can have realistic conversations with humans. But what happens when they talk to each other?

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Amazon Echo - SNL The Amazon Echo Silver is specifically designed for the greatest generation (Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Kyle Mooney, Aidy Bryant).

LOL-BOT - THE WORLD’S FIRST A.I. COMEDIAN This year, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is unveiling the world’s first A.I. comedian, aptly named, LOL-BOT. Developed locally in Melbourne, LOL-BOT is a comedy-tech prototype that can generate its own on-the-spot jokes and pick up on real-time human reactions. He’s a shining example of the huge strides that are being made in artificial intelligence, albeit for a more humorous purpose.

COG Ai - Generative AI for Game Reviews The software development team that built The Game Crafter, Component Studio, and Tabletop Events is excited to announce their newest project in the artificial intelligence space. Introducing COG Ai - Generative AI for Game Reviews.

Artificial Intelligence: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming part of our lives, from self-driving cars to ChatGPT. John Oliver discusses how AI works, where it might be heading next, and, of course, why it hates the bus.