ChatGPT’s success has led to Google proposing its own program called Bard
(Picture: Evening Standard composite)It was designed to be an aid for writing tedious copy but the internet, as so often happens, has apparently found more entertaining uses for ChatGPT.
From HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey to AUTO in Wall-E, AI has been a source of unintentional comedy and underlying creepiness in films for years — which is now being realised by users on smaller screens.
Humour might be one of the final frontiers for artificial intelligence to master (is there an equivalent of the Turing test for laughter?). And, while it won’t be performing stand-up any time soon, there is potential here from ChatGPT — if only ironically.
Here are seven examples of when the internet has put it to good use.
The sad truth about Pakistan banning Wikipedia
No Wikipedia? Do you even exist?
I asked #ChatGPT to make a funny punchline on Wikipedia ban by Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/FXxSYpLOQ5
— ammar 📚 (@AliAmmarYasir) February 6, 2023
A diss to Google
Google is to start its own chatbot Bard, while Bing will integrate ChatGPT into its search engine.
The program was asked by software company Sprinklr to write a "funny limerick about how Microsoft beats Google by integrating ChatGPT into Bing”. This is the salty reply it came back with.
“There once was a search engine named Bing
Which was struggling, not doing much thing
But with ChatGPT on its side
It finally got its pride
And left Google searching for its next fling”
Bam.
Accounting? Good luck!
Not a career for the fainthearted, apparently.
ChatGPT is stealing our job.
— Going Concern (@going_concern) February 6, 2023
Prompt: Write an engaging, funny blog post about why accounting is a difficult career. You may use sarcasm. pic.twitter.com/Mgbq81mTFR
A half-decent joke about developers
It would make sense that an AI bot would be well-positioned to make jokes about those in IT.
Dear ChatGPT, tell me a funny devjoke pic.twitter.com/iS2f4LsmOO
— Shruti Kapoor (@shrutikapoor08) February 2, 2023
And some very bad ones about Walthamstow and athletics …
Never one to admit defeat, ChatGPT nobly tried to combine these unlikely subjects. The result was laughable but not in a good way.
Dead but status unknown
We all make mistakes … some more basic than others.
This is funny. #ChatGPT pic.twitter.com/a1I5sPoRqB
— Anirudh B Balotiaa (@anirudhbb) February 6, 2023
A pessimistic but funny State of the Union address that perfectly captures the mood among some Americans
Take note, Joe Biden
A pessimist but funny #StateOfTheUnion script from #ChatGPT pic.twitter.com/RMqRJRDVe5
— DukeMukem (@DukeMukem) February 8, 2023
