AI Can Imitate a Joke, But Still Doesn't Understand Why People Laugh
yi111 · reddit · 2026-09-26
A Reddit post argues that while AI can produce jokes with the right structure — setup, pause, surprise, punchline — the funniest human jokes come from bad timing, personal history, and awkwardness. Models can remix thousands of jokes but may struggle to reproduce the feeling of someone noticing something absurd about real life. Is humor mainly a pattern, or a form of human memory?
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