AI ep. 5: Can AI actually be funny?

Thank you so much to the Cheerful Earful comedy podcast festival for having us in London. Sources mentioned in the episode:* “Their Aunt Used An AI Picture Of Their Grandmother To Announce Her Passing, And She Refuses To Change It”* “AI-generated jokes funnier than those created by humans, University of Southern California study finds”* “From Rejection to Viral Sensation: Inside the Wildest CEO Application OpenAI Ever Got”* “How I Found (Some) Empathy for the AI Boyfriend Community”* “Just 23 hilarious examples of ‘AI being dumb’ that will reassure and terrify you in equal measure”* “Should you trust an AI-assisted doctor? I visited one to see”* “California issues historic fine over lawyer’s ChatGPT fabrications”* “AI Bias Lawsuit Against Workday Reaches Next Stage as Court Grants Conditional Certification of ADEA Claim”See Magan Chin’s recap vid here. Get full access to Mindful Notions by Sam H Li at samhli.substack.com/subscribe