[wendyshu]

Why is GPT so bad at humor? I thought it'd be a text generation task it's well suited for

[chronicsonic]

Probably the same reason it's bad at writing code, it just puts text together without knowing more about context.

Same thing with midjourney, it's just with images you dont notice it as much.

[notahacker]

>> Why is GPT so bad at humor?

> 1. When I saw the ad that said “Once you go black you never go back,” I thought that was a pretty good burn.

> 2. I don’t know but it’s so bad that I’m going to try to make this part of the show.

> 3. I don’t know. Let me ask and find out. Hey, GPT, why are you so bad at humor?

I quite like #3, feels like it's laughing at me for asking it...

[FeepingCreature]

Good humor is extremely dependent on theory-of-mind.

[jack_riminton]

I suppose it just mimics style rather than substance. And the substance of jokes is mostly implicit.