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AI Stand-Up Comedy
- Brent Rose tested AI humor by performing jokes from Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant at a comedy club.
- Google Assistant, with writers from The Onion and Pixar, proved the funniest.
AI Humor Rankings
- Siri was the least funny, followed by Alexa, then Cortana, while Google Assistant was the most consistently funny.
- Humor is complex and human, making it a good test for AI; true AI humor may be a turning point in machine learning.
Ultrasonic Smart Speaker Hack
- PhD student Liwei Song developed a hack to communicate with smart speakers using ultrasonic frequencies.
- This hack allows controlling smart speakers without the owner's knowledge, demonstrated in Song's video.