3 ms·
Most humans can't pass the Turing test. Yeah, I was on tour with a group of Americans and Australians when we went past something associated with Johnathan Swi
by bsder 4y ago
Most humans can't pass the Turing test.
Yeah, I was on tour with a group of Americans and Australians when we went past something associated with Johnathan Swift.
I made snarky remark about eating the poor and the only person who got the joke was the tour guide who started laughing.
Even the history teacher from the US didn't get my joke. Alas.
- frutiger 4y agoKnowing your audience is 98% of making a good joke.
- coldtea 4y agoHis lamenting "they didnd't get the joke" wasn't on the quality or effectiveness of his joke, or why it failed to get a laugh. He could just as well make the same comment about a non-joke remark about the "Modest Proposal". His point is about the ignorance of the audience, and their failure to recognize the reference.
- gpderetta 4y agoas a corollary, watching the reaction to a joke is a way to know your audience.
- TuringTest 4y agoKindly reminder that passing the Turing Test is not about getting jokes, but about a computer pretending to be a woman in a context where the interviewer is trying to distinguish between a man and a woman :P