Your Wit Is My Command by Tony Veale - ISBN: 9780262045995
Hardcover
Can AI make machines funny? A witty, insightful quest for humor.

Your Wit Is My Command

Building AIs with a Sense of Humor

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  • Hardcover

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    21 September 2021

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Summary

For fans of computers and comedy alike, an accessible and entertaining look into how we can use artificial intelligence to make smart machines funny.

Most robots and smart devices are not known for their joke-telling abilities. And yet, as computer scientist Tony Veale explains in Your Wit Is My Command, machines are not inherently unfunny; they are just programmed that way. By examining the mechanisms of humor and jokes—how jokes actually work—Veale shows that computers can …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262045995
ISBN-10:0262045990
Author:Tony Veale
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:21 September 2021
Weight:567g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
About The Author

Tony Veale

Tony Veale is Associate Professor of Computer Science at University College Dublin, with a focus on computational creativity. He is the coauthor of Twitterbots- Making Machines That Make Meaning (MIT Press).

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