Can a machine learning algorithm learn to tell a joke? I’ve experimented with
neural networks and jokes before, teaching them to tell knock-knock jokes
[http://aiweirdness.com/post/159132506927/in-which-a-neural-network-learns-to-tell]
, or to generate April Fools pranks
[http://aiweirdness.com/post/172345256807/april-fools-pranks-written-by-neural-network]
. In each case, the results were… underwhelming.
