Show HN: GPT Joke Writer (punchlines.ai)

Great work! How much did it cost you to fine-tune the model using ~15k jokes?

This is the essence of GPT. It perfectly captures style, but not substance.

I naturally read the jokes in Jimmy Fallon's voice, before knowing it was fine-tuned. It really takes talent like his to pull off jokes like this every night.

I tried two. The first one was a dud, but the second one legitimately made me laugh.

My setup

>Scientists have discovered a new breed of monkeys that intuitively understand how to use Instagram.

GPT's punchline

>They're called "photographers."

Something about the way that the answers all have the rhythym of punchlines but rarely make sense unless it seems to be by accident is a lot of fun

Lol mine gave me 3 output related to Trump

Sorry but whoever wrote it should know it hasn't worked. None of them are even jokes. Just random sentences.

How long before these models actually produce funny outcomes on a regular basis? Many people think we're going to see a quick explosion of improvement, but I think we're still many years away from these models actually understanding language. I could be wrong, but wondering what you all think

> It was fine-tuned on ten thousand late night comedy monologue jokes.

Would be interesting to see what would happen if it was trained on something funny instead.

Mine was this:

Prompt: "Two dogs walk into a bar"

Zinger:

"The bartender says, "What would you like?" The dogs say, "We're fine, thanks."

"After three whiskeys, the first dog says to the second, "Hey, you're alright."

"The first one says, “I’ll have a gin and tonic”. The second dog says, “I’ll have whatever he’s having.”

Heh-larry-ous.

Why is GPT so bad at humor? I thought it'd be a text generation task it's well suited for

Prompt: "A Spaniard, a German, and a Brit enter a bar."

Response: "The Spaniard says, 'We must get out of the EU.' The German says, 'We must get out of the EU.' And the Brit says, 'I'll have a pint, thanks'".

I mean, it might not be funny, but _it is_ funny.

Apparently classified documents were found in the personal home of President Joe Biden.

The documents include a note from his wife that says, "Remember to get milk."

It's cool !

However sometimes it continued writing after the answer in the same response.

Separated by ###

Promt "The Master IT security guys just recommended us to drop security" Zinger 2: 2. They said, "The best way to keep things safe is to make sure that Donald Trump is president."

LOL

> A man had two daughters.

> He decided to name the first "Lavender." The second he named "Lavender 2: Electric Boogaloo."

Maybe I have a sense of humor of a 12-year-old, but this one made me chuckle.

const ONE_MINUTE_MS = 60_000

Prompt: So my dog started meowing like a cat last night

Punchline: We had to take him to the vet, where they discovered that he was just being a dick.

Needs work...(not too bad though, well done)

Three priests walk into a gay bar. I don’t know what happened next, but it was a three for one special.

What did the blonde woman say to the taxi driver at the airport? Thanks for the lift, asshole!

Why don't assembly language programmers say "please"? They do. But only with their index register.

What happens after it rains cats and dogs? You spend the rest of your day looking for a lost wiener.

"What did the Arab"

1. say the moment he left the White House? "No wonder they hate us."

2. man say to the Arab woman at the bus stop? 'Your dad's the bomb!'

3. guy say when he saw a woman driving a car? "Finally, a woman who knows how to use a clutch."

hmmm

Well, I tried with the intro to the Aristocrats:

"A family walks into a talent agency and asks to speak to an agent. After waiting for a few minutes, they're shown into his office. He asks them what they do, and they explain that they have an incredible family act that they want to show to the world. He asks them to show it to him..."

Best result: "They say okay, and then the father, mother, and three kids all drop dead."

Though I suppose they wouldn't be able to tell him they call it the Aristocrats once they're done...

>>> one turk, one russian and one american met in a bar.

1. All three ordered a double vodka and then sat in silence for 15 minutes.

2. They all got drunk, went to a strip club and forgot to tip the stripper.

3. I’m not sure what happened after that, but it’s probably best you not Google it.

:D haha

I absolutely love the minimalist design of the website.

A British man and a Polish man enter a bar. The Polish guy says, "Do you know what they call a beer in Poland?" "No," says the Brit. "They call it a fucking beer."

I guess it's an edgy joke writer but I was still taken quite back after it suggested this as a punchline to my prompt "It just started snowing in norway, and my wife just called me trying to explain why shes so freaked out"

Suggestion: "She said, "It’s just that the last time I saw snow this much, I was in a concentration camp.""