Dan T. Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Those who thought that the departure of Michael Scott from The Office would result in a shortage of "That's What She Said" jokes, fear not. Two University of Washington graduate students have developed a computer program that can analyze language in order to crack That's What She Said jokes. The program, called the Double Entendre via Noun Transfer, or DEviaNT, developed by Chloé Kiddon and Yuriy Brun, recognizes nouns that can have double meaning in sentence structures that are ripe for TWSS punch lines. Their paper cites several successful DEviaNT examples, including responses to "Yes give me all the cream and he's gone," and "Don't you think these buns are a little too big for this meat?" Their algorithm was constructed to minimize false postives (though a bad TWSS joke might still be funny if told by a computer), With tinkering their program has achieved a 71.4 percent success rate. Here's their research paper: http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/brun/pubs/pubs/Kiddon11.pdf Enjoy, even though it's a little dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Enjoy, even though it's a little dry. That's what she.. oh the hell with it. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky21 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 That's what she.. oh the hell with it.~Bang God help me, this made me laugh this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Must have this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USS Redskins Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 This could be huge!!! (TWSS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBuzz Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 It's amazing what a bunch of nerds can accomplish since they don't have to waste their time gettings laid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDawg Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 It's amazing what a bunch of nerds can accomplish since they don't have to waste their time gettings laid. That's what she said. Wait... When in Rome? Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 God help me, this made me laugh this morning. That's what she said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 What a great use of research dollars... wonder if they are on grant and who funded them. Looks like I found who: This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant #DGE-0718124 and under Grant #0937060 to the Computing Research Association for the CIFellows Project. Ugh ... more ammo for the Republicans who want to cut NSF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsburySkinsFan Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 That's what she.. oh the hell with it.~Bang Winner :rotflmao: /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 What a great use of research dollars... wonder if they are on grant and who funded them.Looks like I found who: Ugh ... more ammo for the Republicans who want to cut NSF. Disagree. It may seem trivial, but their work could help refine computers' ability to decipher spoken language. It's bigger than it looks at first glance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Disagree. It may seem trivial, but their work could help refine computers' ability to decipher spoken language. It's bigger than it looks at first glance. They've been doing stuff like this for 30+ years ... look up ELIZA ... computers have no inherent concept of what most words mean since they don't have our sensory experience ... as compelx as these programs can get, they are like parlor tricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 They've been doing stuff like this for 30+ years ... look up ELIZA ... computers have no inherent concept of what most words mean since they don't have our sensory experience ... as compelx as these programs can get, they are like parlor tricks. Parlor tricks with potentially useful business or medical applications. Those tricks should pay off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 it's bigger than it looks at first glance.twss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 twss? C'mon do you really think playing around with this is helping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrellsMyHero28 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 C'mon do you really think playing around with this is helping? ------- That's what she said was used so frequently in my apartment Junior/Senior year of college that we just resorted to laughing when it was appropriate to say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 ------- That's what she said was used so frequently in my apartment Junior/Senior year of college that we just resorted to laughing when it was appropriate to say it. That sounds like a rollicking good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Must have this! That's what she said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 They've been doing stuff like this for 30+ years ... look up ELIZA ... computers have no inherent concept of what most words mean since they don't have our sensory experience ... as compelx as these programs can get, they are like parlor tricks. Computers have no inherent concept of what most words "mean" because they have no subjective consciousness, hence there is no way for them to self reference words with the experience and ultimately the exchange of that experience (using symbols, words) with another being also posessing a subjective consciousness and self awareness. But fear not. You will bow before the new AI overlords* in the near future. *...or hypnotoad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 people don't have an inherent concept of what words mean, either. People learn through immersion, and computers (usually) learn through programming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 people don't have an inherent concept of what words mean, either. People learn through immersion, and computers (usually) learn through programming. A computer can "learn." You just have to drill it over and over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 I'm bumping this for my own personal satisfaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticVillain Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I'm bumping this for my own personal satisfaction. That's what she said..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted May 5, 2011 Author Share Posted May 5, 2011 Slate posted a note on the software: http://www.slate.com/BLOGS/blogs/browbeat/archive/2011/05/03/subject-could-eat-object-all-day-that-s-what-she-said.aspx It's a good piece..enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 It's a good piece..enjoy. Thats what...eh you know the drill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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