A while back, Sam Harris & Ricky Gervais discussed the impossibility of translating a joke discovered during a dream (“What noise does a monster make?”) back into our consensus waking reality. Like… what?
I get the same vibes watching ChatGPT try to dredge up some model of me and of… humor?… in creating a comic strip based on our interactions. I find it uncanny, inscrutable, and yet consequently charming all at once.
“Hey ChatGPT, based on what you know about me, please create a four-panel comic you think I’d like…” https://t.co/U7WRfShGRh
— John Nack (@jnack) June 4, 2025