Can Humor be Programmed? The Stand-Up Comic Bot
Kobian is a robot researchers from Waseda University hope can accomplish an extremely human feat-- be funny! But does it work? Can comedy be broken down into programs? What makes things funny, and are the subtleties too hard to replicate in codified commands? Do we just not understand from American comedic sensibilities (we're willing to admit if we are!)?
Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v09-n4buwYE
Read more: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/waseda-humanoid-robot-kobian-comedy
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