He He creating Ha_Ha..s in AI entities

Dr. He has taken on the daunting and serious task of programming a bot to be human-like funny with the knack for cracking jokes.

“Humor is an intrinsically challenging aspect of studying the mind. But it’s also fundamental to what makes us human,”

Fundamental indeed, so fundamental that without a human sense of humor, I doubt any form of AI could pass the Turing test or more sophisticated ones. Then again, some of us lacking a sense of humor couldn't pass the Turing test, but on second thoughts, I suppose the test is sophisticated enough that even the few humans lacking a sense of humor would still pass.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/no-ai-in-humor-r2-d2-walks-into-a-bar-doesnt-get-the-joke/

These bots seem funny to me: