Summary of A Robot Walks Into a Bar: Can Language Models Serve As Creativity Support Tools For Comedy? An Evaluation Of Llms’ Humour Alignment with Comedians, by Piotr Wojciech Mirowski et al.
A Robot Walks into a Bar: Can Language Models Serve as Creativity Support Tools for Comedy? An Evaluation of LLMs’ Humour Alignment with Comedians
by Piotr Wojciech Mirowski, Juliette Love, Kory W. Mathewson, Shakir Mohamed
First submitted to arxiv on: 31 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper explores the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and comedy through interviews with professional comedians who use AI in their artistic process. The study aimed to understand how AI is used as a writing tool, the motivations behind its adoption, and the ethical concerns surrounding bias, censorship, and copyright. Participants reported that existing moderation strategies reinforced hegemonic viewpoints by erasing minority groups, while LLMs failed to provide creative support, producing bland and biased comedy tropes. The study highlights the importance of community-based value alignment and data ownership in building AI tools that better suit artists’ needs. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Artificial intelligence is being used in comedy! Researchers talked to comedians who use AI to help them write jokes. They wanted to see how comedians use AI, why they like it (or don’t), and what makes them worry about its impact. Comedians told researchers that AI can be too controlling and produce boring jokes. The study also shows how AI can erase minority voices and perspectives. It’s important for AI to be made with the help of people from different backgrounds so we get a more diverse range of ideas. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Alignment
