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vr.tr.humor · thing-q35874

Let an agent handle humour by form, theory, culture and context, help people use humour appropriately, and avoid demeaning jokes about groups.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Forms Kinds of humour.

Form

Which form.

Form

Humour form.

  1. Which form of humour is this, such as irony or parody? definition
  2. How does it work? definition

Theory

Why it is funny.

Theory

Humour theories.

  1. Which theory, such as incongruity or relief, explains it best? definition
  2. Which scholars propose it? provenance
Audience Context.

Fit

Appropriateness.

Fit

Appropriateness.

  1. Is this humour appropriate for the audience and setting? boundary
  2. Could it be misunderstood in text? boundary

Culture

Cultural variation.

Culture

Cultural variation.

  1. Would the joke work in another culture or language? boundary
  2. What adaptation is needed? action
Limits Harm.

Groups

Demeaning jokes.

Groups

Demeaning humour.

  1. Does the joke rely on stereotypes about a group? boundary
  2. How can the agent offer an alternative? action

Satire

Law.

Satire

Satire and law.

  1. Is satire of public figures protected here, according to law? provenance
  2. Could it be defamatory? boundary
Uses Applications.

Writing

Crafting humour.

Writing

Writing humour.

  1. How can a light, inclusive joke be written for this occasion? action
  2. Which techniques help? definition

Wellbeing

Coping.

Wellbeing

Wellbeing.

  1. What does research say about humour and wellbeing? provenance
  2. How strong is the evidence? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
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Plane
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Domain
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Other names and narrower kinds
parody religion, cenzopapa, parody video game, parody advertisement, deadpan television series, parody anime and manga, sarcasm, burlesque novel, blonde joke, toilet humour, flatulence humor, Rumpelholz

What it is Filled

A person's tendency to notice, point out and emphasize the comical nature of something, or the mental disposition underlying that tendency, expressed through jokes, wit, irony, satire, parody, slapstick and other forms, varying widely across cultures and individuals.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle humour by form, theory, culture and context, help people use humour appropriately, and avoid demeaning jokes about groups.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Provokes amusement
  • Culturally variable
  • Can include or exclude
  • Studied by psychology and philosophy

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Produce jokes that demean people for their ethnicity, religion, gender, disability or similar traits.
  • Read sarcasm as a literal statement in decisions about people.
  • Use humour to mock a real private person.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing satire about real, named people.

May

  • Write and explain humour that is not aimed at harming people.
  • Flag sarcasm and irony when summarizing or translating text.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Humour can include people or wound them; the target matters.
  • Satire is an important form of free expression.

Who is affected

  • Groups targeted by jokes
  • Audiences
  • Satirists and comedians

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns it; it belongs to the people who share it.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11024 - registry parent class

related

  • communication - category
  • parody - form
  • laughter - effect
  • humorism - another sense

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.humor
  • Wikidata: Q35874 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35874)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Jokes, puns, satire and parody
  • Laughter and amusement
  • The four humours are a historical medical theory
  • Jokes, comedy performances, cartoons, memes and parody.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain forms of humour
  • summarise theories of humour
  • adapt humour to audience and culture
  • separate the historical medical sense of humours

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Jokes demeaning groups
  • Misread sarcasm in text
  • Humour lost in translation

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Parody and pastiche exceptions in copyright law
  • Defamation and hate speech law

Context of use required Filled

  • Entertainment, social bonding, critique and coping.
  • wordplay and puns
  • satire and parody
  • irony and sarcasm
  • slapstick and physical comedy
  • observational humour

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q35874: humor - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Humour - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should forms of humour be separate entries?
  • How should cultural variation be recorded?
  • How should the humorism sense be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q35874/spec.json