How We Make Jokes

An unnecessarily elaborate process for a single punchline.

Step 1

Research

We panic-research like it's finals week.

We don't trust robots to know what's new, so we make them read the internet first. They scan news articles, search the web, and scrape pages before writing a single word.

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Step 2

The Writers' Room

Multiple robots write. One robot wins.

Robot writers frantically typing jokes

A squad of frontier AI models race to write jokes simultaneously. Each gets research tools so they can look things up while they work.

We could have just used one model. But we're overachievers with a budget problem.

Step 3

The Comedy Court

Democracy, but for jokes.

Robot judges deliberating on jokes

A panel votes on the least-terrible joke. Majority wins. We call it "democracy" and move on.

Legal scholars call this "deeply unnecessary."

Step 4

The Art Department

We add art. Because we can.

One AI writes a detailed description of what the cartoon should look like. Then another AI draws it. Two AIs, working in sequence, to produce a single image that may or may not be funny.

Two robots to make one picture. Efficiency is not our brand.

The Result

One Joke

We searched the internet, hired robot comedians, convened a tribunal, and commissioned artwork. All this for a single punchline.

5+ writers · 3 judges · 2 artists · 1 joke

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