One study compared the funniness of novel jokes generated by regular people with jokes generated by ChatGPT. A second study challenged ChatGPT to deve

Think you’re funny? ChatGPT might be funnier

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2024-07-04 06:30:04

One study compared the funniness of novel jokes generated by regular people with jokes generated by ChatGPT. A second study challenged ChatGPT to develop new headlines in the satirical style of The Onion. (Illustration/Created with OpenArtAI)

A USC psychology study shows that AI-generated jokes tickle funny bones more than those created by people, raising concerns about the technology’s threat to entertainment jobs.

The research team behind the study published July 3 in the journal PLOS ONE took on the serious task of comparing participants’ reactions to jokes written by ChatGPT 3.5 and others written by people. This was conducted in an effort to determine if artificial intelligence can outwit humans for a laugh, said Drew Gorenz, a doctoral candidate in social psychology at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.

“Since ChatGPT can’t feel emotions itself but it tells novel jokes better than the average human, these studies provide evidence that you don’t need to feel the emotions of appreciating a good joke to tell a really good one yourself,” Gorenz said.