ABSTRACT

THE COMPUTER GENERATION OF JOKES

Dr. Graeme Ritchie School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh

In the past ten years or so, a number of programs have been constructed that produce simple verbal jokes (usually puns), including novel items. The genres covered include "Tom Swifties", punning riddles, and humorous acronyms. After briefly discussing what the point of such work might be, the seminar will review a few of these projects, and draw some conclusions about the development of a small methodological paradigm for investigating humour.

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