Why are AIs so bad at original jokes? Humor should be a real test for AGI

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Summary

The article explores why AI chatbots struggle to generate original humor, arguing that this ability should be a benchmark for assessing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

Whenever I ask a chatbot for a joke, the first one is usually pretty good. Then I ask “Is this from the internet?” and they admit yes. So I tell them to make one up themselves without using any existing jokes. The results are almost always terrible, forced, nonsensical, or just not funny at all. I think the ability to create genuinely original humor should be one of the measures for AGI.
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