Leon Hilbert
Hannes Rosenbusch
Leon Hilbert’s (Work and Organizational Psychology) question
Dear Hannes,
Some people are very funny and we say about them that they have a good sense of humor. What does that actually mean? Also, do you think that LLMs can (or will be able to) write humorous novels? Or is that something that we will continue to need human authors for?
Leon
Hannes Rosenbusch’s (Psychological Methods) answer
Hi Leon,
Thanks for your question! As fellow Germans, let’s break down the concept of Humor in a proper quantitative way.
Based on my ongoing empirical research, a good sense of humor consists of 25% personal taste, 20% perspective-taking, 20% cultural convention, 50% preexisiting social relationship between the joker and the jokee, 7% originality, 9% sexual attractiveness of the joker’s face and body, 20% current mood of the jokee, 19% logical consistency, 7% visible violation of norms (cultural, grammatical, logical, moral), 7% benignity of said violation (see Benign Violation Theory), as well as 2% textual efficiency so that you don’t say so many things that people stop reading and simply trail off and stop paying attention and go dead inside before you evenreachthep
If you score your behavior across situations (and weigh the scores as described above), you end up with your personal sense of humor (mine is 16).
Back in the day, humor just referred to someone’s temperament (a laughable misconception, wasn’t it?). But as I demonstrated above, today we know much better.
Regarding humorous novels, yes, I do believe that LLMs can produce jokes and weave them into stories and that those could be enjoyable. However, consuming art optimally means relating to the artist, and I personally find it very difficult to relate to an LLM in an intimate and enjoyable way. So I hope and assume that human-made art will remain special and preferable. Otherwise, my highly unlucrative job as a human fiction author would be at risk.
Hannes
Hannes Rosenbusch’s question is for Erdem Meral (Social Psychology)
Dear Erdem,
What anti-ostracism interventions do you currently find most exciting, and do you want to play video games later?
Hannes
Leon Hilbert’s (Work and Organizational Psychology) question
Dear Hannes,
Some people are very funny and we say about them that they have a good sense of humor. What does that actually mean? Also, do you think that LLMs can (or will be able to) write humorous novels? Or is that something that we will continue to need human authors for?
Leon
Hannes Rosenbusch’s (Psychological Methods) answer
Hi Leon,
Thanks for your question! As fellow Germans, let’s break down the concept of Humor in a proper quantitative way.
Based on my ongoing empirical research, a good sense of humor consists of 25% personal taste, 20% perspective-taking, 20% cultural convention, 50% preexisiting social relationship between the joker and the jokee, 7% originality, 9% sexual attractiveness of the joker’s face and body, 20% current mood of the jokee, 19% logical consistency, 7% visible violation of norms (cultural, grammatical, logical, moral), 7% benignity of said violation (see Benign Violation Theory), as well as 2% textual efficiency so that you don’t say so many things that people stop reading and simply trail off and stop paying attention and go dead inside before you evenreachthep
If you score your behavior across situations (and weigh the scores as described above), you end up with your personal sense of humor (mine is 16).
Back in the day, humor just referred to someone’s temperament (a laughable misconception, wasn’t it?). But as I demonstrated above, today we know much better.
Regarding humorous novels, yes, I do believe that LLMs can produce jokes and weave them into stories and that those could be enjoyable. However, consuming art optimally means relating to the artist, and I personally find it very difficult to relate to an LLM in an intimate and enjoyable way. So I hope and assume that human-made art will remain special and preferable. Otherwise, my highly unlucrative job as a human fiction author would be at risk.
Hannes
Hannes Rosenbusch’s question is for Erdem Meral (Social Psychology)
Dear Erdem,
What anti-ostracism interventions do you currently find most exciting, and do you want to play video games later?
Hannes
