by Courtney Comstock, Business Insider
Meet DEviaNT, a new technology or “robot” with the ability to tell the joke, “that’s what she said.” That means the robot is able to listen to a sentence and “understand” that replying “that’s what she said,” would make people laugh. According to its developers, 72% of the time, DEviaNT (Double Entendre via NounTransfer) gets it right, and “says” “that’s what she said” after a serious sentence, and it’s hilarious. The sexual joke-making computer program is a hit. (A full explanation of what DEviaNT does is embedded below.) The developers’ application of voice-recognition technology might seem juvenile (and awesome and hilarious) but, the technology might be a break though, and if so, it’s actually pretty significant. It could mean that computers will someday be able to understand humor — one of the abilities thought to be unique to humans.
http://www.businessinsider.com/thats-what-she-said-computer-technology-2011-4
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