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79: A.I. Hype Hosedown (with Emily Bender and Jack Hessel)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

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How to Detect Humor in New Yorker Cartoons

Jack Hessel of the Allen Institute for AI and co-author on a paper. This is about detecting humor in New Yorker cartoons. Jack: There is some question, almost a philosophical question, about whether or not machines can understand anything. So like, what does it mean for humans to understand something?

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