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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 10 months ago

Actual comedians try to use LLM in a writing room. Result: “cruise ship comedy material from the 1950s, but a bit less racist”

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Actual comedians try to use LLM in a writing room. Result: “cruise ship comedy material from the 1950s, but a bit less racist”

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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 10 months ago
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    Read through the paper looking for sample jokes, found none. :(

    But this was the issue with the George Carlin bit that was online. I listened to it, it was a reasonable approximation of George’s voice and intonation.

    But when it got to the part where it said “I think we can all agree, there’s one comedian better off as AI… Bill Cosby.” and I went “OK, AI did not write that.” AI doesn’t get subversion.

    Turns out…

    https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/01/george-carlins-heirs-sue-comedy-podcast-over-ai-generated-impression/

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      Read through the paper looking for sample jokes, found none. :(

      you can’t even say “comedy ensues” because it doesn’t

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        Comedy, exeunt

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