Your Wit Is My Command: Building Ais with a Sense of Humor

by Tony Veale

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262045990
• ISBN13: 9780262045995
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"