Show HN: GPT Joke Writer

#1

Post by brensudol » Thu, Jan 26, 2023, 2:46 PM UTC

An AI joke generation tool built on top of OpenAI’s GPT-3 language models, and fine-tuned with ~15k late night comedy monologue jokes.

web app and model creation all open-sourced

Show HN: GPT Joke Writer
punchlines.ai

Re: Show HN: GPT Joke Writer

#2

Post by gbertb » Thu, Jan 26, 2023, 2:57 PM UTC

Great work! How much did it cost you to fine-tune the model using ~15k jokes?

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#3

Post by brensudol » Thu, Jan 26, 2023, 3:00 PM UTC

gbertb wrote: post #2

Great work! How much did it cost you to fine-tune the model using ~15k jokes?

thanks a lot! re: fine-tuning - it was about $30 using the most expensive model (davinci)

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#4

Post by hooande » Thu, Jan 26, 2023, 3:04 PM UTC

This is the essence of GPT. It perfectly captures style, but not substance.

I naturally read the jokes in Jimmy Fallon's voice, before knowing it was fine-tuned. It really takes talent like his to pull off jokes like this every night.

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#5

Post by mtlynch » Thu, Jan 26, 2023, 3:04 PM UTC

I tried two. The first one was a dud, but the second one legitimately made me laugh.

My setup

>Scientists have discovered a new breed of monkeys that intuitively understand how to use Instagram.

GPT's punchline

>They're called "photographers."

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#6

Post by pringk02 » Thu, Jan 26, 2023, 3:06 PM UTC

Something about the way that the answers all have the rhythym of punchlines but rarely make sense unless it seems to be by accident is a lot of fun

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Post by Eumenes » Thu, Jan 26, 2023, 3:07 PM UTC

Lol mine gave me 3 output related to Trump

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 26, 2023, 3:07 PM UTC

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#9

Post by mavili » Thu, Jan 26, 2023, 3:09 PM UTC

Sorry but whoever wrote it should know it hasn't worked. None of them are even jokes. Just random sentences.

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Post by mtlynch » Thu, Jan 26, 2023, 3:09 PM UTC

hooande wrote: post #4

This is the essence of GPT. It perfectly captures style, but not substance. I naturally read the jokes in Jimmy Fallon's voice, before knowing it was fine-tuned. It really takes talent like his to pull off jokes like this every night.

One of my favorite jokes from 30 Rock is when Liz is complaining to Jack about a relationship problem:

>Jack: You have more sexual hangups than an adult chat line run by Gilbert Gottfried.

>Liz: What?

>Jack: That was written by a computer program we're working on to replace you.

It's a joke with a funny idea, but it's just too convoluted to be funny to humans.