Speaker TeeKay Kreissig
Humor is one of the most interesting concepts of the human mind. It has been a field of research in many different sciences, ranging from philosophy, linguistics, psychology to biology and most social sciences. Since the comedies of the Greek theatre a sense of humor has been a vital contribution to the development of democratic and fair societies. On another level laughter has proven to be one of the healthiest ways to increase both the physical resilience and the mental health of individuals.
To exhibit humor in its many forms a lot of (practical) intelligence, logic and contextual knowledge is needed to be able to understand or produce a joke. While behavioral research suggests that intelligent and social animals such as monkeys, dolphins and rats possess a sense of humor, computer scientists have been looking into the logic behind jokes, caricatures and funny mishaps in the real world, aiming to make them computable.
Since the rise of ChatGPT many LLMs have mastered the mechanics of humor in language and image creating AIs are ready to create any kind of cartoons and caricatures.
Participants of the lecture are invited to not only discuss the impact of these new capacities on human society but in a collaborative format also develop and juggle further ideas.
This talk will be held on the first floor of the Centre for Student Life