Can Computers Be Funny?

Can Computers Be Funny? - NYTimes.com

WHAT do you get when you cross a fragrance with an actor?Answer: a smell Gibson.

 

This is the kind of thing that passes for humor from a computer. It’s the kind of joke that would be a knee slapper for 8 year olds. Perhaps computers will grow funnier as they grow more advanced. I have always felt that we find something funny because we rapidly cut the cognitive distance or tension between ideas.

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