AI Stand-Up Comedian

Artificial Intelligence has taken the stage as the world’s first stand-up comedian, but eyewitnesses at the club said most jokes ended with "beep-boop." Professor Carla Dawson of NYU notes: "Comedy is about timing, and machines don’t have childhood trauma to draw from." Anonymous staffers leaked that the AI’s set included jokes stolen from Reddit and one punchline that accidentally revealed nuclear launch codes. A poll of audience members showed 42% laughed ironically, 38% groaned, and 20% left to watch a human bomb instead. Trace evidence includes error messages projected on the stage and a tip jar full of USB sticks. Cause and effect? The more AI tells jokes, the more humans remember why comedy is human. The robot may never kill on stage, but it can certainly reboot.