[firejake308]

Interesting idea, fun use for an LLM. I think a common theme is that when people ask LLMs to be funny or satirical, they overuse simile and analogy. e.g. "screaming and calling each other names like it was the most epic rap battle of the century" in the article about Elon's subpoena. I'm not sure if it's the quantity or the lack of connection to reality, but somehow, these jokes never land for me.

On the other hand, I actually liked "Greece Declares State of Emergency on Santorini, Residents Quickly Realize They Have Nowhere Else to Vacation" because it's funny to me that the entire country of Greece has a single place where they go for vacation. However, after I realized there were actual earthquakes, the joke felt a little insensitive, but I suppose that's to be expected if you're doing irreverent news.

"Aliens Prefer UK Over US for Sightseeing Trips, Survey Says" was also a pretty clever way to reword the original article, but it misunderstood the statistics. The article says that belief in UFOs is rising in the UK, but it is still less than in the US (20% across the pond vs 42% in the US of A), making the AI headline inaccurate.

Anyway, this is clearly meant to be a fun project, but I wanted to leave some feedback in case it helps find ways to make AI funnier. I think it's a good tool for comedy, but so far, the best AI comedy that I've seen has made use of its absurdity, like the Netflix special (https://youtu.be/nH_bEtbfB9U?si=TRF7v_Zu7sNVaeWD) or DougDoug's videos (https://youtu.be/W3id8E34cRQ?si=ucL-c4gOXRgor1LB). I think that there are probably certain prompting techniques that could make an AI more naturally funny, but I'd bet you probably have to get into CoT/reasoning-type stuff to get it to really make well-though-out jokes, because ultimately the best jokes are the ones that have layers to them.

[vuciv]

I think you're right. I actually have seen exactly what you're talking about with similes. I am hoping to fine-tune on stuff that actually make me laugh out loud over time. I'm hoping that doesn't just make it always repeat the same joke, though. Maybe if I add a like/dislike feature, I can also see what made people laugh the most?

I'm also using 3.5-turbo right now, i wonder if the ones that people use for stuff like character ai would be better?

Also, I think the absurdity angle would be really fun. I would love to have personalities that come out with a weekly digest or something. Or maybe people can submit questions to "the love doctor" or something, lol. There's a lot to play with.

I appreciate the feedback :)