Can An Algorithm Discover The Key To Laughter?

By Alex Schmidt

Published December 31, 2012 at 8:43 PM HST

Some web-based companies are trying to use academic studies of humor to write an algorithm for what is funny, and use it to sell an app. Humor, however, is notoriously tough to study.

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