CHAPTER 10
AI Gathers Knowledge Faster Than Companies Gather Wisdom
Noel Meyerhof is beyond logic with intuition to deal with the most powerful machine built by ordinary humans. As knowledge accumulates at an increasing rate, it becomes ever more difficult to locate meaningful queries, but Meyerhof knows what questions to ask. A recognized jokester, he feeds jokes and riddles into the machine.
Meyerhof asks, “Where do these jokes come from?”
He once again has asked the right question, and only one explanation fits the data. An extraterrestrial intelligence composed a small number of jokes and disseminated them to a few earth dwellers. All subsequent humor is human adaptation of the originals. The jokes are intended to study human psychology by ...
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