British comedy set to be saved by AI robots helping comedians write gags

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Struggling stand-ups are using robots to help write their gags.

The obsession with bots is set to dominate performances at this summer’s Edinburgh Fringe.

A string of performers at the month-long joke-fest starting Friday will be using the tech in their shows.

Among them, London-based comic Peter Bazely confessed he turned to bots after being “out of ideas”. He asked AI for help in creating a “relatable” show at the Laughing Horse venue. As a result he plans to play a straight man to computer comic AI Jesus.

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Piotr Mirowski, a research scientist on Goo-gle’s DeepMind project, will present a show called Artificial Intelligence Impr-ovisation at Gilded Balloon Teviot. It will feature actors and bots responding to audience prompts to discover which can deliver the funniest punchline.

Meanwhile, US comedian Stephen Brower has used coding to perfect a prototype of what he hopes will make the most acceptable sort of gay man for his show Palatable Gay Robot.

And Aussie Tom Ballard plans to include a joke by ChatGPT in his show.

Critic Veronica Lee, of TheArtsDesk.com said AI was set to be this year’s festival’s “buzz subject’.

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