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J O K E S

“The section through the Czech art scene through the prism of ma-
chine learning has its weak spots however. Jokes are a very specific
form of human expression; they are based on building an expectation
and the following violation of this expectation. For artificial intelli-
gence, the level of violation is extremely difficult to grasp. The jokes at
the All Idiots exhibition confront the frequent artists’ self-ironic sense
of humor, humor as an artistic strategy, and the issue of artificial
intelligence having a sense of humor of its own. The jokes which are
read by Vladimír Havlík, were created by artificial intelligence using
the names of Czech fine artists. I don’t think AI understands jokes.
But it is quite funny. Art needs to be taken seriously.” Aimee’s mo-
nologue – digital guide to the exhibition AI: All Idiots
(Figure 15)

The jokes were created using collected names of artists and art-
ists and jokes about blondes and Chuck Norris, which we also down-
loaded from the internet. Subsequently, in all the jokes about blondes,
the word blonde was replaced with the names of the artists. While the content. Understanding a joke requires the active participation of
the name Chuck Norris was replaced by the names of the female artists in the audience, their mental involvement, thus keeping their attention alert,
the jokes. We had the text dataset thus modified processed by and also allowing the listener to figure out the punchline on their own,
the artificial intelligence text synthesis tool Generative Pre-trained making it easier to remember the information. (Kramer, C., 2009). However,
Transformer 2 (GPT-2) from OpenAI lab. jokes should also be viewed critically. If we joke about relationship issues
While it cannot be said that AI has a sense of humor, jokes created with our friends, we may lose the motivation to settle these conflicts
by AI are often humorous. This is because of the nature of jokes and with our partner. Tension is alleviated by laughter, which should lead to
funny situations, which are based on the creation of expectations and a resolution. Ambivalence is similarly related to the subject of comedy.
the sudden violation of those expectations. The effect of suddenly turning What is appropriate to make fun of in a given context, and what could
a tense expectation into nothing is common to both jokes and artificial be deemed bullying and demeaning? Similar to learning algorithms, jokes
intelligence output. But jokes can also be very valuable tools for education. frequently confirm and perpetuate stereotypes.
They can convey complex information in a nutshell, without sacrificing
Sample jokes AI: All Idiots:
Barbora Dolarová can reveal the past.
Barbora Dolarová doesn’t go on the internet because
the internet knows.
Barbora Dolarová can build a snowman out of cow milk.

Question: Why is Tarín Ford like a sheep?
A: They can’t be goats.
Question: What do you call Tarín Ford when 90% of his
intelligence is gone?
A: Divorced.

Question: What do you call the skeleton in the closet
with Jiří Frický?
A: The winners have been hiding and looking for
the last few years.
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