Paper ID: 2306.13195

Prompt to GPT-3: Step-by-Step Thinking Instructions for Humor Generation

Yuetian Chen, Bowen Shi, Mei Si

Artificial intelligence has made significant progress in natural language processing, with models like GPT-3 demonstrating impressive capabilities. However, these models still have limitations when it comes to complex tasks that require an understanding of the user, such as mastering human comedy writing strategies. This paper explores humor generation using GPT-3 by modeling human comedy writing theory and leveraging step-by-step thinking instructions. In addition, we explore the role of cognitive distance in creating humor.

Submitted: Jun 22, 2023