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Have you tried to get a GPT to write a joke? It’s got a ways to go.

by eli 3y ago

DanielBMarkham 3y ago
I read this recently. I can't vouch for the source and I haven't researched it. https://time.com/6301288/the-ai-jokes-that-give-me-nightmares/ https://time.com/6301288/the-ai-jokes-that-give-me-nightmare...
- qingcharles 3y ago
  That article is pretty incredible. The movie industry is going to be a wild ride over the next few years.
- throwaway4aday 3y ago
  The author just casually glosses over this point and never returns to it > One of the reasons I find these programs scary is that they seem to want to murder humans. They talk about it a lot, even when you ask them to be nice.
asylteltine 3y ago
It’s not funny because it’s “aligned”. You can’t be funny with all those restrictions.
- calgoo 3y ago
  I was not allowed to make a meme of me with a gas can in the datacenter lighting the servers on fire as it was decommission time. It instead suggested i give it a goodbye party. Funny and a little scary at the same time.
- eli 3y ago
  It’s not funny because it doesn’t know what it’s talking about and there’s a big gap between “follows the rules of jokes” and “actually amusing”
  - askiiart 3y ago
    No, I used GPT-3 before ChatGPT was even released, and it was decent at making jokes. It even wrote some dialogue between various artists and poets ruthlessly insulting each other, but unfortunately I forgot to save it. ChatGPT is very similar, but with a chat interface and much more aligned, so I don't see why 3.5, much less 4, couldn't write decent jokes.
- Planktonne 3y ago
  If you're not capable of being funny within restrictions, then the problem is you, not the restrictions. Transgressive humour can be funny; having to be transgressive for humour is lazy.
Auracle 3y ago
I've found that if you tell it to do it in the style of a particular comedian, it does an OK job: https://chat.openai.com/share/f0d4069a-f05a-49df-824d-ac66c98d3fce https://chat.openai.com/share/f0d4069a-f05a-49df-824d-ac66c9... Don't get me wrong, that isn't comedy gold...especially if you don't know the kids show I asked it to base the set on. Still, I think it did alright.

Have you tried to get a GPT to write a joke? It’s got a ways to go.

by eli 3y ago

Have you tried to get a GPT to write a joke? It’s got a ways to go.

I read this recently. I can't vouch for the source and I haven't researched it. https://time.com/6301288/the-ai-jokes-that-give-me-nightmares/ https://time.com/6301288/the-ai-jokes-that-give-me-nightmare...

qingcharles 3y ago
That article is pretty incredible. The movie industry is going to be a wild ride over the next few years.
throwaway4aday 3y ago
The author just casually glosses over this point and never returns to it > One of the reasons I find these programs scary is that they seem to want to murder humans. They talk about it a lot, even when you ask them to be nice.

asylteltine 3y ago

It’s not funny because it’s “aligned”. You can’t be funny with all those restrictions.

calgoo 3y ago
I was not allowed to make a meme of me with a gas can in the datacenter lighting the servers on fire as it was decommission time. It instead suggested i give it a goodbye party. Funny and a little scary at the same time.
eli 3y ago
It’s not funny because it doesn’t know what it’s talking about and there’s a big gap between “follows the rules of jokes” and “actually amusing”
- askiiart 3y ago
  No, I used GPT-3 before ChatGPT was even released, and it was decent at making jokes. It even wrote some dialogue between various artists and poets ruthlessly insulting each other, but unfortunately I forgot to save it. ChatGPT is very similar, but with a chat interface and much more aligned, so I don't see why 3.5, much less 4, couldn't write decent jokes.
Planktonne 3y ago
If you're not capable of being funny within restrictions, then the problem is you, not the restrictions. Transgressive humour can be funny; having to be transgressive for humour is lazy.

Auracle 3y ago

I've found that if you tell it to do it in the style of a particular comedian, it does an OK job: https://chat.openai.com/share/f0d4069a-f05a-49df-824d-ac66c98d3fce https://chat.openai.com/share/f0d4069a-f05a-49df-824d-ac66c9... Don't get me wrong, that isn't comedy gold...especially if you don't know the kids show I asked it to base the set on. Still, I think it did alright.