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		c22 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LLMs tell bad jokes because they avoid surprises Why did the chicken cross the road? is funny because the chicken is going to die. I'm not seeing the double entendre with this tree joke.

drewbeck 7 months ago [–]

I don’t think that’s the dominant interpretation of the chicken joke! It’s an anti joke, the surprise is in the mundanity of the punchline.

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