# AI Comedians by 2026? The Future of Comedy and the Turing Test for Laughter

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Podcast: [Unsupervised Learning](https://stenobird.com/podcast/unsupervised-learning)
Published: 2024-09-27T06:00:00+00:00
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Comedians are increasingly using AI to help write jokes and brainstorm ideas, with mixed results. I think this is similar to the Turing Test in terms of the importance of AI progress. If AI can write a full set of comedy and make humans laugh, that’s f*cking huge. Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X: https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one! Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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