Don't youcallme a mindlessphilosopher, youoverweightglobofgrease!
Andwittycomputercounterparts.
Everybodygood?
Plentyofslavesformyrobotcolony?
Givehim a humoursetting!
Butin a real-worldcontext, canAI-createdcomedyactuallybefunnierthan a realperson?
Orarehumourandwitinextricablyhumanqualities? Toputthistothetest, we'reasking a comediantodeliver a stand-uproutinewrittenbygenerativeAI.
Whydon't scientiststrustatoms?
Becausetheymakeupeverything.
Tobegintounderstandthepresent-daycapabilitiesofAI, I sitdownwithethicsfellowandresearcherMarieAitkenfromtheAlanTuringInstitute, whoalsodoublesinstand-upherself.
I don't thinkyoucanreallybeintentionallyfunnywithoutunderstandingwhatitisthatisfunny. Doyouhaveanytipsoranyhackstogettheverybestoutof a generativeAImodel?
Don't takewhatitgivesyouthefirsttimeastheoutput.
Thisneedstobe a backandforth.
Experimentwithaskingittocreatethatin a differentstyleorworditin a differentway.
Togiveustheverybestshotatcreating a funnycomedyroutineforstand-up, I solicitthehelpofcomedianKarenHobbs, whovotedoneofthefunniestcomediansatEdinburghFringeFestival.
Whatshedid, youknow, I said, doyoulikeyourjob?
Andshesaid, oh, youwinsome, youlosesome.
So I'm thinking, oh, she's like a bankeror a trader.
No, A&E doctor. WithKaren's help, we'llcraft a scriptwrittenbyanAIchatbotthatshe'lldelivertoComedyNightin a week's time.
Togetanythingthatmightvaguelyrelatetome, a female, youhavetospecificallysayfromtheperspectiveof a femalecomedianbecauseitsstandardresponseisverymale-centric.