This is great! I have exactly this problem.
Ha! it is me! I'm in Cambridge! Let's catch up!!!
I would take a pet problem that I have and solve it well. Something so personal that nobody else would solve it. A personal time management app just for me. A way to manage all my contacts so that I can keep up with…
How does this compare/contrast to Meteor?
Most useful and relevant new summary I've never read. Sold.
Historical curiosity. This answer to "Why did the chicken cross the road" can be interpreted two ways: 1. it's obvious, absurdist humor 2. it is a pun on the phrase "other side" meaning the after life. Betcha never…
Do we know why jokes are funny? If so, why don't we have an algorithm that can write jokes? I think you're right that we have some good descriptive models of humor, but we don't have any generative models of humor.
Jokes don't have to be true... but often hints of truth mixed in with a new lens on the world is very funny. For example: "Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling." This joke isn't…
What's your theory of humor? Send me a pointer and I'll test it!
This is great! I have exactly this problem.
Ha! it is me! I'm in Cambridge! Let's catch up!!!
I would take a pet problem that I have and solve it well. Something so personal that nobody else would solve it. A personal time management app just for me. A way to manage all my contacts so that I can keep up with…
How does this compare/contrast to Meteor?
Most useful and relevant new summary I've never read. Sold.
Historical curiosity. This answer to "Why did the chicken cross the road" can be interpreted two ways: 1. it's obvious, absurdist humor 2. it is a pun on the phrase "other side" meaning the after life. Betcha never…
Do we know why jokes are funny? If so, why don't we have an algorithm that can write jokes? I think you're right that we have some good descriptive models of humor, but we don't have any generative models of humor.
Jokes don't have to be true... but often hints of truth mixed in with a new lens on the world is very funny. For example: "Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling." This joke isn't…
What's your theory of humor? Send me a pointer and I'll test it!