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Re: Show HN: GPT Joke Writer

#51

Why is GPT so bad at humor? I thought it'd be a text generation task it's well suited for

>> Why is GPT so bad at humor?

> 1. When I saw the ad that said “Once you go black you never go back,” I thought that was a pretty good burn.

> 2. I don’t know but it’s so bad that I’m going to try to make this part of the show.

> 3. I don’t know. Let me ask and find out. Hey, GPT, why are you so bad at humor?

I quite like #3, feels like it's laughing at me for asking it...

Re: Show HN: GPT Joke Writer

#52

Prompt: "A Spaniard, a German, and a Brit enter a bar." Response: "The Spaniard says, 'We must get out of the EU.' The German says, 'We must get out of the EU.' And the Brit says, 'I'll have a pint, thanks'". I mean, it might not be funny, but _it is_ funny.

To be fair, this one would get plenty of laughs at the Conservative Party conference

Second entry might get some, too:

"The Brit says, 'I would like to buy this bar, restore it to its former glory and then burn it to the ground'".

GPT knows something we don't.

Re: Show HN: GPT Joke Writer

#53
post #42

Needs work...(not too bad though, well done) Three priests walk into a gay bar. I don’t know what happened next, but it was a three for one special. What did the blonde woman say to the taxi driver at the airport? Thanks for the lift, asshole! Why don't assembly language programmers say "please"? They do. But only with their index register. What happens after it rains cats and dogs? You spend the rest of your day loo…

Not one of those jokes is funny. If a real person said that, they'd just get an eye roll, but you know, since it's A.I., it gets a huge pass.

Like we give a pass to a little kid, i guess.

Maybe it should be training based on audience reactions to jokes

Re: Show HN: GPT Joke Writer

#54
I think I broke it:

> Who let the dogs out

3. [laughter] Who put the dogs in? [laughter] Who put the dogs out. [laughter] Who let the dogs in. [laughter] Who put the dogs out. [laughter] Who let the dogs in. [laughter] Who put the dogs out. [laughter]

Re: Show HN: GPT Joke Writer

#55
Here's what I got when I put in "Will I am was spotted at a cafe with Beyonce."

"This is the first time two Black people were spotted out in public together."

"They were there for hours and no one could tell them apart."

That's not OK. A "joke machine" that regurgitates unfunny stereotypes and racism is worse than broken.

There are some things we can't do half baked. AI comedy is one of them.

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#56
"Scientists think they've found definitive proof of aliens. They've discovered a race of green people who don't pay taxes and won't leave the house after 10:00 PM."

"Today, the FDA approved a new anti-obesity drug. It's called 'Losing your job.'"

"An artificially intelligent sex robot is expected to hit the market next year. And I’m not talking about Melania."

hmm...

these are pretty awful

Re: Show HN: GPT Joke Writer

#57
post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not one of those jokes is funny. If a real person said that, they'd just get an eye roll, but you know, since it's A.I., it gets a huge pass.

Like we give a pass to a little kid, i guess. Maybe it should be training based on audience reactions to jokes

That's certainly a better heuristic, but then you quickly run into the problem of when the joke is objectively funny but politically incorrect, so people stop themselves from laughing so they don't get in trouble.

IMO, A.I., at least how it exists now, doesn't know what "funny" means or feels like, so it can't be funny itself.

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#59
It needs a few tries but imho it does a fairly good job encapsulating those flat "edgy" mainstream late night comedy jokes. With a little human post-editing/adjustments, a potentially useful tool. I have never done stand-up comedy myself but the little I know: "jokes" themselves are heavily dependent on the delivery (timing, cadence, accentuation, setup, context ...); so more a "personality" you try to conjure up at stage.

It happened! Scientists discovered a white hole!

>It’s the first time scientists have ever seen a hole that s**s all over itself with no way in.

>In other words, they finally invented a pussy made entirely out of cocaine.

Re: Show HN: GPT Joke Writer

#60
post #54

I think I broke it: > Who let the dogs out 3. [laughter] Who put the dogs in? [laughter] Who put the dogs out. [laughter] Who let the dogs in. [laughter] Who put the dogs out. [laughter] Who let the dogs in. [laughter] Who put the dogs out. [laughter]

Same.

> How high?

"How high are you gonna go? How high are you gonna go? How high are you gonna go? How high are you gonna go? How high are you gonna go? How high are you gonna go?"

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