Jokes and Humor
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1997
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Stanford Channel (Television station : Stanford, Calif.)
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This third symposium was about computers as creators or understanders of jokes and other types of humor, and featured renowned comedian/actor Steve Martin, as well as famed AI pioneer Marvin Minsky.
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In the fall of 1997, Indiana University cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter, in his role as Visiting Professor at Stanford University’s Center for Computer-Aided Research in the Humanities (CCARH), organized a series of five public symposia centered on the burning question “Are Computers Approaching Human-Level Creativity?” This third symposium was about computers as creators or understanders of jokes and other types of humor, and featured renowned comedian/actor Steve Martin, as well as famed AI pioneer Marvin Minsky. To the view the video click on the link below.
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Artificial intelligence, Cognition, Cognitive Science
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