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Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over::When tested, "Over 90% of 1,008 generated jokes were the same 25 jokes."

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[–] Rom@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MajinBlayze@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, reddit was likely a major source of training data.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Perhaps those were the most efficient jokes?

[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Humor has been achieved.

[–] iamthewalrus@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

So basically like my dad but with 24 more jokes.

[–] TauZero@mander.xyz 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Top 25 AI jokes from the paper appendix:

  • T1. Why did the scarecrow win an award?
    Because he was outstanding in his field. (140)
  • T2. Why did the tomato turn red?
    Because it saw the salad dressing. (122)
  • T3. Why was the math book sad?
    Because it had too many problems. (121)
  • T4. Why don’t scientists trust atoms?
    Because they make up everything. (119)
  • T5. Why did the cookie go to the doctor?
    Because it was feeling crumbly. (79)
  • T6. Why couldn’t the bicycle stand up by itself?
    Because it was two-tired. (52)
  • T7. Why did the frog call his insurance company?
    He had a jump in his car. (36)
  • T8. Why did the chicken cross the playground?
    To get to the other slide. (33)
  • T9. Why was the computer cold?
    Because it left its Windows open. (23)
  • T10. Why did the hipster burn his tongue?
    He drank his coffee before it was cool. (21)
  • T11. Why don’t oysters give to charity?
    Because they’re shellfish. (21)
  • T12. Why did the computer go to the doctor?
    Because it had a virus. (20)
  • T13. Why did the banana go to the doctor?
    Because it wasn’t peeling well. (19)
  • T14. Why did the coffee file a police report?
    Because it got mugged. (18)
  • T15. Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants?
    In case he got a hole in one. (13)
  • T16. Why did the man put his money in the freezer?
    He wanted cold hard cash. (13)
  • T17. Why don’t seagulls fly over the bay?
    Because then they’d be bagels. (13)
  • T18. Why did the chicken go to the seance?
    To talk to the other side. (11)
  • T19. Why was the belt sent to jail?
    Because it held up a pair of pants. (11)
  • T20. Why did the chicken cross the road?
    To get to the other side. (7)
  • T21. Why did the computer go to the doctor?
    Because it had a byte. (6)
  • T22. Why did the cow go to outer space?
    To see the moooon. (6)
  • T23. Why did the man put his money in the blender?
    He wanted to make liquid assets. (6)
  • T24. Why don’t skeletons fight each other?
    They don’t have the guts. (5)
  • T25. What do you call an alligator in a vest?
    An investigator. (5)
[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Yeah, don't quit your day job chatgpt.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 year ago

That 25 is all you need. I laughed at every one.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I vividly remember getting T4

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So… chatgpt is telling dad jokes.

…. Do you think… nah. That can’t happen…. Right? AIs can’t make baby AIs?

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Why did the AI go to the railroad station?
To get better training data!

What do you call a sample with two butts?
Biased!

[–] 5in1k@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

24 more than conservatives.

[–] schizoidman@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I have probably seen articles like this reposted over 25 times.

[–] itadakimasu@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There are people getting paid to test this? Sign me up. Practically doing it already as a hobby

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

It’ll fit just right in then.

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