Matt
As I have previously written, this issue boils down as "one is serious or
one is not to be taken this way" a meta-order perspective)... the key
feature in humor and comedy -- the meta-message being "don't take me
seriously"
That is why I segregated analogical humor seperately (from routine
seriousness) in my 2nd US patent 7236963
www.emotionchip.net
This specialized meta-order-type of disqualification is built directly into
the AGI schematics ...
I realize that proprietary patents have acquired a bad cachet, but should
not necessarily be ignored ....
John LaMuth
www.ethicalvalues.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Mahoney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [agi] Artificial humor
I think artificial humor has gotten little attention because humor (along
with art and emotion) is mostly a right-brain activity, while science,
math, and language are mostly left-brained. It should be no surprise that
since most AI researches are left-brained, their interest is in studying
problems that the left brain solves. Studying humor would be like me trying
to write a Russian-Chinese translator without knowing either language. It
could be done, but I would have to study how other people think without
introspecting on my own mind.
It seems little research has been done in spite of the huge economic
potential for AI. For example, we know that most of what we laugh at is
ordinary conversation rather than jokes, that some animals laugh, and that
infants laugh at 3.5 to 4 months (before learning language). It is not
clear why laughter (the involuntary response) or the desire to laugh
evolved. How does it increases fitness?
http://men.webmd.com/features/why-do-we-laugh
http://www.livescience.com/animals/050331_laughter_ancient.html
Nevertheless, the brain computes it, so there is no reason in principle
why a computer could not.
-- Matt Mahoney, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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