2025
COLING
COLING 2025
Can AI Make Us Laugh? Comparing Jokes Generated by Witscript and a Human Expert
Abstract
AbstractThis study compares the funniness of AI-generated jokes and those written by a professional human joke writer, using audience laughter as a direct measure. Prior research has typically relied on numerical ratings, which have limitations. Our findings show that AI-generated jokes elicited as much laughter as human-crafted ones, indicating that advanced AI joke generators can now produce original jokes on par with those of a professional human comedy writer.
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The Questioner
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Interdisciplinary Bridge
— Artificial Intelligence and Interdisciplinary and Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
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Cross-Pollinator
— Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Computer Vision, Data Science & Analytics, Deep Learning, Healthcare & Medicine, Interdisciplinary, Knowledge & Reasoning, Machine Learning, Mathematics & Optimization, Natural Language Processing, Reinforcement Learning, Robotics, Security & Privacy, Speech & Audio