An AI walks into a bar... Can artificial intelligence be genuinely funny?
BBCAn AI walks into a bar. "Comedians should be concerned about data theft and regurgitation, because many of the generative AI tools, especially ChatGPT, are being trained on content on the internet," Powell says. "One way that AI can tell jokes is to do what any five-year-old does – repeat a successful joke that they have heard, or try to make an obvious variation of it," says Les Carr, a professor of web science at the University of Southampton, who dabbles in stand-up comedy in his spare time. The joke is clichéd one-liner, as the AI meshes the vague idea that young women enjoy pot plants alongside the odd reference to the Tom Hanks film Cast Away – with his volleyball friend "Wilson". "Researchers are already working to perfect audio capabilities AI models which will help with understanding social factors and being able to adapt to an audience, as well as with comedic timing," Ryan says.
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