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Re:I struggle to believe that AI R&D is ingenious by antonvs on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:10AM (#50394226)
For comedians, perhaps. But there are plenty of humans who aren’t very good at comedy.

In these LLM comparisons, people tend to compare them to the best humans, not average or below average. It’s a kind of motivated reasoning, with the goal of deprecating the abilities of LLMs.

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Re:I struggle to believe that AI R&D is ingenious by tikotus on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:27PM (#50395401)
Well, you did ask for a comparison to professionals.

But I think humor is pretty easy to rate for a human. Did it make you laugh? Yes? Then it might be a good one. This simple human filter radically improves your efficiency as a joke validator, leaving any LLM far behind.

For pictures I'm not sure if humans are much better. For music, yes, after a few listens (recognizing a hit usually takes time). For games, definitely yes.

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