Text: Solveig Hansen, 2023

I asked ChatGPT for a 100-word-long humorous story (+ a title) about a writer who uses artificial intelligence to write a novel. Here it is:

CHEESE QUEST: BOB AND THE GALACTIC HAMSTER ADVENTURES

By ChatGPT

Meet Bob, a writer with writer’s block the size of a mountain. Desperate, he bought an AI writing program. The first sentence it generated? “Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, a hamster named Fred embarked on a quest for the world’s largest cheese.” Bob burst into laughter. This AI had quite the imagination! As days passed, the story got weirder—space hamsters, time-traveling cheese, and a villainous parrot named Captain Squawk. Bob realized the AI was a comedic genius. His writer’s block transformed into writer’s delight, and together, they penned a book that had readers laughing till they cried.

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I then asked whether AI could be funny.

ChatGPT: Yes, AI can be programmed to generate humorous content. While it may not have a sense of humor in the way humans do, it can generate jokes, puns, and witty responses based on patterns it has learned from large datasets. However, the humor generated by AI is often based on patterns and statistics rather than genuine understanding or emotion. It’s important to note that what one person finds funny, another might not, and AI-generated humor may not always hit the mark in terms of human sensibilities and context.

Me: Tell me a joke.

ChatGPT: Sure! Here’s a classic one for you:

Why don’t scientists trust atoms?

Because they make up everything!

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