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February 07, 2008

Hal with Humor? 2001 ... A Space Joke!

  • Why did the computer (robot) cross the road?
  • To get to the other side of the interface!

If this seems remotely funny, or your curious on the efforts to teach computers humor, then link to the Scientific American's Knock, Knock, Hal's There Podcast. My final question ... does a really bad joke violate the "Three Laws of Robotics"?! Here is a link to Scientific American's full podcast series.
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