17 september 2024
Can AI make jokes?
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At one of the London concerts, stand-up comedian Karen Hobbs faced a challenge: she had to perform a stand-up written not by her, but by the ChatGPT platform. She was used to a serious British audience, but this performance was special because her material was created by artificial intelligence. And there were comedians on stage with their own jokes, which raised the stakes. Artificial intelligence has already had a significant impact on various areas of life, from copywriting to education, but its ability to create, particularly humor, is a matter of controversy. ChatGPT works by analyzing huge amounts of text, creating new combinations of existing information. However, whether this can be called true creativity remains an open question. How humor works To understand whether AI can be witty, we need to first understand the very principle of humor. According to...