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So then the objective function is the least predictable from the set of all possible logical continuations. So given sufficiently large corpus of logical and r

• pmoriarty 5y ago
  "selecting something from the lower end of the probability distribution yields comedy, no?" Unfortunately, it's not so easy, or anything random would be funny, but we know that's not likely. Though unpredictability is key, comedy also has some other characteristics, like (depending on the style of comedy) like wit or a commentary on something familiar that is shown in a new light. Some types of comedy (like caricature) exaggerate characteristics, or play on someone's suffering (the old slip on a bannana peel gag), sometimes it breaks taboos or says uncomfortable truths, etc... There's a lot of literature out there analyzing what makes something funny. Maybe there's some way of integrating some of these insights in to a NLP system, or have it focus on some of those.
  • PartiallyTyped 5y ago
    I have a hunch that it may be possible to learn those with an RL model or Contextual Bandit.