Five Jokes: 11-29-2023
National Christmas Tree Fail, A Jet Fueled By Sugar And Fat, Amazon’s Workplace Chatbot, A New Dino-Theory, and A.I. Sports Journalists
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The National Christmas Tree briefly toppled over yesterday amid high winds at the White House. Luckily, Biden has equipped all Christmas trees with a Life Alert system since the beginning of his term.
A commercial jet powered solely by waste fats and sugar flew from London to New York. Climate scientists say it’s “A bold new step for society… as long as we never allow Paula Deen on one of these flights.”
Amazon introduced an A.I. chatbot for companies called ‘Q.’ It will help employees do things like summarize strategy documents, and help employers do things like accurately place workers on a venn diagram of “hotness,” “fireability” and something called “fireahotness.”
A new study suggests dinosaurs were killed off by more than an asteroid. Sing along with me!..
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Sports Illustrated published online product reviews under fake author names, possibly generated by A.I. But until we have definitive proof, the search continues for Sports Illustrated writers named Locutus Ofborg, Dalek Cyberman, and Definitely A. Human.
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