Can scientists teach a robot to dance with grandma? No, that question wasn’t a weird Mad Libs answer, this is the underlying focus of a study by researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory, ...

Everyone finds Robots funny; they have always played the straight man oblivious to any joke played at their expense. Now The New Yorker and Microsoft are attempting to teach a robot to be ...

Artificial intelligence will never get the context of jokes like humans do, and thus machines, in themselves, have no real need for humor. Pixabay/Tumisu Humor is like an opposable thumb; it’s what ...

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably ...

A robot walks into a bar. It goes CLANG. Alexa and Siri can tell jokes mined from a humor database, but they don’t get them. Linguists and computer scientists say this is something to consider: Humor ...

A lot of people are worried that robots are going to take their jobs. Doctors are worried that they’ll be replaced by robot doctors. Chefs are worried that they’ll be replaced by robot chefs. But me?

An avid gamer with over 30 years of experience, there aren't many consoles that Dan hasn't owned at some point in his life. He's also part Italian, which means he's almost certainly related to Super ...

Robots are funny, but historically most of that humor has derived from them being the "straight man." Their ability to be oblivious to the joke often makes them natural comedians. But now Microsoft ...

A robot comic is more funny when it has good timing. Standup comedian Jon the Robot likes to tell his audiences that he does lots of auditions but has a hard time getting bookings. "They always think ...

Orange you glad I didn't say banana? This is the kind of humor we're used to hearing from kids, colleagues who think they are funnier than they really are, and the likes of Steve Wozniak. Well, Woz ...

The premise of the game starts you off with the idea that robots are roaming freely throughout the galaxy with their own ships and whatnot. One particular ship is hit by an asteroid, destroying the ...