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What's funny – and why?

Can robots and the machines ever really get the joke? Remo speaks with Bob Mankoff, longtime cartoon editor for The New Yorker magazine about the anatomy of humour.

Remo’s special guest for this episode of the REMORANDOM video podcast is Bob Mankoff. Bob was the cartoon editor for The New Yorker magazine for nearly twenty years, and before that he was a New Yorker cartoonist for another twenty years. Today, as president of cartoonstock.com, the world’s largest archive of single-panel cartoons, he continues pushing the boundaries of AI humour comprehension and creation while ensuring that humans remain in control and in the loop. Bob and Remo chat about the essence of humour, what makes something funny and the relevance of AI in all of that. It’s a thought-provoking and interesting conversation.

PS: Play Bob’s new word game Associology. It’s his new vibe-coded baby.


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REMORANDOM Chapter


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REMORANDOM is produced and published in Sydney by REMO Since 1988

Podcast co-hosts: Remo Giuffré and Claudia Chan Shaw

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Original Theme Music by Tom Thum … using only his voice. Watch his 2013 TEDxSydney talk HERE.

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