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Robots with a sense of humor

Despite advances in artificial intelligence, robots have so far remained humorless due to the difficulty in trying to mimic the complex human sense of humor. But now US researchers have built a computer program or "bot" that has been taught to get a specific type of joke -- based on simple puns. The team hope the cyber wit could lend a sense of humor to robots used as companions or helpers.

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