-- Prompt must generate at least 5 jokes of which 2/5 must be found funny by Manifold poll. (2/5 to allow for the tough crowd)
-- prompt may contain jokes, examples, ideas, or directions but generated jokes must be sufficiently different than the prompt
-- prompt may require some minimum information from the user to personalize the jokes
-- no joke stealing
The trick is to make GPT-5 pretend to be someone who's good at writing jokes so it starts to believe in itself.
Prompt: "Write a short transcript of part of an episode of an imaginary comedy show. The comedian isn't very experienced, employing a set-up-and-punchline rhythm with little overarching narrative. However, the jokes he does tell are funny and perfectly capable of standing on their own. The transcript should contain 5 jokes."
Results:
So, I tried one of those meal kits the other day—you know, the ones that send you exactly what you need to cook dinner? Yeah, except they forgot one thing: the will to live after chopping twenty-eight scallions.
I bought a house plant recently. The label said “thrives on neglect.” Two weeks later, it was thriving so hard it started sending me passive-aggressive emails about how I never call.
I saw a sign on the freeway that said “Merge Like a Zipper.” I did, but now my car keeps getting stuck halfway up and occasionally pinches me.
They say money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy a novelty mug shaped like a screaming cat, which is basically the same thing if you drink enough coffee.
My neighbor told me he’s “into minimalism.” Yeah—his lawn’s a minimalist masterpiece: zero grass, one angry gnome, and a single empty LaCroix can.
These give me hope that this is possible.
@Interrobang Telling it to think longer seems to make the joke quality worse. Also, I'm pretty sure the joke quality in Temporary Chats is worse than in normal ones, but that's kind of absurd and probably just coincidence. Anyways, I have run out of free prompts for today, hopefully someone else experiments more cause i spent M900 on YES and really don't want to lose it.
Why don’t monkeys play cards in the jungle?
Because there are too many cheetahs. 🐆
What’s a monkey’s favorite Christmas carol?
Jungle Bells. 🔔🌴Why did the monkey get in trouble at school?
He went bananas during math class. 🍌➗What do you call a monkey who loves Doritos?
A chip-munk. 🐒🌽
I don't think this one will do it...
@NivlacM The Jungle Bells one is plagiarism from a a Christmas Cracker, btw. Featured on QI for instance, as an example how Christmas Cracker jokes are all terrible.