I Taught AI Human Humour

We live in a world where AI and chatbots do most, if not all, the work for us.

Writing our thesis, giving solutions to world hunger, and even imagining what it would be like during the time of Pharos!

So I thought, what if AI could tell jokes through different ages and generations?!

I mean, humour comes in all sorts of genres!

You’ve got dad jokes, dark humour, sarcasm, and awkward one-liners!

But what about ancient Egyptian humour?

Victorian sarcasm?

Early 2000s internet memes?

Could AI cook something up with that?!!!

So, I gave ChatGPT a summary of all joke genres known to mankind and asked it to tell jokes from different timelines!

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— 1. Ancient Egyptian humour

• Prompt: Tell me a joke that a pharaoh might find hilarious

Answer: "Why did the Pharaoh go broke?”

"Because he made too many pyramid schemes!"

• Prompt #2: Now make it historically accurate

Answer: “Two scribes walk into a temple. One forgets his papyrus scroll. The other says, ‘Looks like someone’s writing their own fate today.’”

That was hilarious 😂

— 2. Victorian-Era Sarcasm

Now let’s move forward a few thousand years and give the mic to the Victorians!

Prompt: Tell me a joke a Victorian gentleman might deliver at a dinner party.

Answer: "My dear, you have all the grace of a walrus on a waxed floor—but do carry on, it’s most entertaining."

Prompt #2: Now make it historically accurate.

Answer: "The butler asked if I’d be dining alone. I replied, 'Naturally. I find conversation with the dead far more invigorating than with the living lately.’"

Ouch.

— 3. Early 2000s Internet Memes

And now a time of dial-up and dancing baby and grumpy cat gifs!

The early 2000s weren’t just about low graphics, they were a culture!

Prompt: Tell me a joke in early 2000s meme format.

Answer: "I can haz pyramid scheme?"
(Cue a poorly photoshopped Sphinx with a cat face.)

Prompt #2: Add a historically accurate twist.

Answer: "Ancient Egyptian cat: I rule dis house. Pharaoh: yes u do."

— 4. BONUS ROUND: Future Humour

Because why not see how AI thinks how future jokes will look like?

Prompt: Tell me a joke someone from the year 3125 would laugh at.

Answer: "Why did the human get banned from the universal neural net?"

"They tried to unplug it and call it 'self-care'."

Honestly?

Still relatable.

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— Conclusion

At the end of the day, if you think of it, humour is a time machine!

And with AI as your tour guide, the punchlines are endless, whether they’re carved into stone or encoded in HTML haha!

So, what did you think of today’s blog post?!

Do you think these jokes may have actually cracked a smile out of King Tut or Queen Victoria?