building a sense of humour: the robots guide to humorous incongruity

Thatis

abadidea.IthinksoandsodoesCassian.

ButwhatdoIknow?MyspecialtyisSTRATEGICanalysis.

Therewerealotofexplosionsfortwopeople“blendingin”

Thereisaproblemonthehorizon.ThereisNOhorizon.

Everybody

good?Plentyofslavesformyrobotcolony?

IhaveacuelightIcanusetoshowyouwhenI'm

joking,ifyoulike.

Thatmight

help.Yeah,youcanuseittofindyourwaybacktotheshipafterIblowyououttheairlock.

Honesty,newsetting:95%

Humor,75%.Confirmed.

SelfdestructsequenceinTminus10,9...

Let’smakethat60% 60%confirmed.

Knock,Knock…

Youwant55?

Screwyou,Alexa

Whatcanwesayabouthumourusing11AnalyzeWordsdimensions?

Concatenation Layer

OhGreat!

IamtheKirk,thecreator?

You'rewrong!JacksonRoykirk,yourcreator,is

dead.

Youdidnotdiscoveryourmistake;youhavemadetwo

errors.

Youhavemistakenmeforhim.Youare

inerror!

YouAREthecreator.

ERROR?

EXAMINE.

ERROR?

ERROR?

Fascinating.

Poorbastards

Idon’t

IT!

AlerttheMedia!

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Theywillconstructyoursentencesforyou–eventhinkyourthoughts

foryou.

Butyouarenotobligedtogotoall

thistrouble.Youcanshirkit

bysimplythrowingyourmindopenandlettingtheready-made

phrasescomecrowdingin.

IfyousimplifyyourEnglish,youarefreedfromtheworstfolliesoforthodoxy.

Neveruseametaphor,simileorotherfigureofspeechwhichyouareusedtoseeing

inprint.

Theeagleeyewiththe

flatfeet.PoorGeorge.

Bible-beltstatesarered,

Aristocraticveinsareblue,

MyhumanchildrenloveME,

IonlytweetinIonic

Pentathlon

Andwouldlickdirtfrommyshoe

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"#yellow_poem#"],"blue_poem":["#red_thing#arered,#blue_thing#areblue,my

#praise_target##praise_action#,and#praise_blue#"],"gold_poem":["#red_thing#arered,#gold_thing#aregold,my

#praise_target##praise_action#,and#praise_gold#"],"green_poem":["#red_thing#arered,#green_thing#aregreen,my

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“Olympicmedals”, “Spanishdoubloons”,

“gavethefar-rightatoehold”,

WetPaint

Wherewouldarobotlikemefindarichtrove

ofcomicclichés?

“Even on Central Avenue, not the quietest dressed street in the world, he looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food”

(Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely)

Somany

“about”similes

ontheWeb

Thisartfilmisabout

assubtleas

duringmorningmass

Aloudfart Cross of Irony

Burn, Hollywood, Burn

http://bit.ly/2mgkJUw

Onecomedicvoice,manyonlinesources

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"1000metaphorsforPutin'sRussia:\n#number#.#Russia#"],

"America":["#{-subtle}#","#{-appealing}#","#{-welcome}#"],"Russia":["#{+ruthless}#","#{+threatening}#","#{+vicious}#"],"number":["Number#digit1##digit1##digit2#"],"digit1":["","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9"],"digit2":["0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9"]

1000metaphorsforTrump’sAmerica:Number269.Subpoenas

Domenext!

Wow,thisfunnyguyisreally

theWHOLEINTERNET!

AndIwouldhavegottenawaywith

it,too…

ifnotforyoumeddlingkids!