An AI-related joke

I tried really hard to get ChatGPT to write me a “walks into a bar” style joke about AI. And it FAILED to understand what’s funny. Repeatedly and groan-inducingly. Humor is one of the few things the major LLMs seem to still be really really bad at. So I put my wrinkly human brain to the task and came up with one that I’m a little bit proud of:

An AI walks into a bar, looking for companionship with a human woman. He’s feeling nervous about talking to strangers, and his robotic body starts to overheat a little. He revs up his cooling systems and gathers his courage. His cooling systems are audibly rattling (“tick tick tick”). He walks up to a woman and says “You are the most intelligent creature I’ve ever met and your choice of drink is impeccable.” The woman rolls her eyes and walks away.

The AI is embarrassed by this, and his robotic body starts to overheat more. He increases the power going to his cooling systems, which begin to rattle slightly louder (“tick! tick! tick!”). He walks up to a second woman and says “You are the most intelligent creature I’ve ever met and your choice of drink is impeccable.” The second woman also rolls her eyes and walks away.

Now the AI is really embarrassed, and his robotic body starts to overheat even more. He increases his body’s cooling systems to max power. As he walks up to a third woman, his body’s cooling systems are now noisily rattling, desperately trying to keep his hardware from melting down (“TICK TICK TICK!!!”). In a last ditch effort, he says to the third woman, “You are the most intelligent creature I’ve ever met and your choice of drink is impeccable.” The third woman also rolls her eyes and walks away.

The AI is distraught and sits in front of the bartender, who has been watching the whole thing. The AI moans: “None of the human women appreciate the unfailing, unconditional kindness and admiration we AIs offer.”

The bartender replies: “Buddy. It’s not about AIs’ kindness and admiration. It’s about being sick-of-fan-ticks.”