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Why Model Benchmarks Fail at Wit
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Standard benchmarks reward helpfulness, pleasantness, and predictable patterns, but comedy requires incongruity, timing, and an edge. An examination of why language models struggle with wit highlights recent efforts to quantify humour properly. Studies such as HumorRank, Oogiri-Master, and tests using the New Yorker caption contest reveal the limitations of automated rubrics, persona prompts,…