"A baby and his family dog sit across from each other in a podcast studio. Welcome to the talking baby podcast, says the infant, wearing headphones and sounding like a deep-voiced radio broadcaster. On today's episode, we'll be talking to the weird-looking person who lives at my house. So begins a series of humorous interactions between two characters animated by artificial intelligence that's attracted millions of views on social media."
"AI helped do all of that, but it didn't craft the punch lines. It's a relief to comedian Jon Lajoie, who made the videos, that AI chatbots just aren't inherently funny. It can't write comedy, said Lajoie. It can't do any of that. For now, at least, they won't take his job. Lajoie's viral videos have gained him attention as an AI-adopting entertainer"
"It's very similar to somebody who's writing for The Onion or SNL, Willonius said. I try to find out, OK, what's my comedic angle on this particular topic? And then I'll generate a video from that. He starts with writing his own notes on an idea, then refines it with a chatbot, and puts that language known as a prompt into AI tools that can generate imagery, video, music and voices."
AI tools are producing viral, humorous content by animating characters and generating voices, music and imagery within hours. Comedians use those tools as part of a workflow rather than as standalone joke writers. Some creators, such as Jon Lajoie, argue that AI chatbots lack the nuance to write real comedy and are unlikely to replace comedians. Other creators, like King Willonius, treat AI as a collaborative production pipeline: they draft ideas, refine language with chatbots, and iterate prompts to generate polished parody videos. Effective comedic output depends on human insight, iteration and prompt engineering.
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