TECH - AI-Generated Jokes Resemble 'Cruise Ship Comedy Material From The 1950s' — Google DeepMind Experiment Turns Out To Be A Mixed Bag | Benzinga
Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google DeepMind researchers have conducted a study on the comedic capabilities of artificial intelligence. The results, presented at the ACM FAccT conference, were a mixed bag, with AI struggling to generate original and engaging comedy content.
What Happened: The study, led by Piotr Mirowski, a researcher at Google DeepMind and part-time improv comedian, involved 20 professional comedians who were already using AI in their work.
The comedians were asked to use large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google Gemini to generate comedic material, according to an MIT technology review.
While the AI models were found useful for structuring monologues or producing rough drafts, they fell short in creating original, engaging, or funny content. The AI-generated jokes were described as bland and generic, with one comedian comparing them to “cruise ship comedy material from the 1950s.”
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