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Training a trillion parameter model to be funny

https://jokegen.sdan.io/blog
13•sdan•6d ago

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suddenlybananas•1h ago
these really aren't very funny
gipp•50m ago
It would be easier to judge this if the jokes weren't 90% about AI and silicon valley, understandable only to people who subscribe to astralcodexten
simonw•47m ago
Who's tommipink? Even a Google search couldn't explain that one.
emp17344•44m ago
Probably because if they weren’t absurdly esoteric we’d be able to tell it isn’t funny.
omoikane•5m ago
I thought this one was not bad:

    [write a joke about thinking machines and the idea of tropes]

    it's funny how enemies to lovers is a common trope that's uncommon in real life and lovers to enemies is an uncommon trope that's common in real life
crawfordcomeaux•39m ago
I once had a vivid dream that AI robots had taken over & were keeping humans around because they'd not yet mastered comedy. All of human culture globally was a comedy arms race with 24/7 open mic comedy jams on every corner.

They (the machines) had billboards/signage everywhere showing the estimated time left for humanity. A really good joke would lead the timer to grow (until they figured out how to produce the general patterns needed to both create and appreciate the joke).

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Training a trillion parameter model to be funny

https://jokegen.sdan.io/blog
13•sdan•6d ago•6 comments

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