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No laughing matter - how AI is helping comedians write jokes


Some comedians are turning to artificial intelligence for their new new material.

Reflecting on the experience, Anesti says: "I learned through the process that human creativity can't be replicated or replaced, and in the end about 20% of the show was pure AI, and the other 80% was a mix.” Making audiences laugh is big business, and over the past decade the stand-up comedy market in the US has almost tripled in terms of the combined value of tickets sold. Her show is called “No Kids On The Blockchain”, and details her time living with “14 tech-loving crypto [currency] bros in San Francisco”.

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