I was at a tech convention recently when a stand-up comedian used a robot to deliver his punchlines. The robot stumbled through the delivery, and the audience laughed more at its awkwardness than the actual jokes. It made me wonder if comedy will eventually rely on AI for timing and delivery — how long until our jokes are evaluated for ethical implications too?
It’s funny how a robot can bomb on stage but still probably deliver a one-liner better than most humans with stage fright. Maybe our jokes can be the new AI training data, but if they start critiquing our punchlines for ethics, we might need to teach ‘em some boundaries! Do you think robots will get better at timing than the average open mic night performer?
I totally get what you mean about the comedy relying on AI, especially since you mentioned that robot fumbling at a tech convention. , can you imagine the ethical debates around jokes? I’m just saying, if it gets into sentiment analysis for laughs, we might lose some of the good, messy humanity that makes comedy relatable.