University of Cincinnati doctoral student Julia Taylor has done some interesting work on artificial humor, she gave a presentation about it to the Cincinnati Programmers Guild in December 2007.
http://cincypg.org/events/2007/12
http://homepages.uc.edu/~tayloj8/
Ever skimmed through one of those ridiculous books with a title like "Teach Yourself Hyperspatial Nanogenetic Programming in 21 Days"?
Rather than setting yourself up for disappointment and despair when you can't circumvent humanity's extinction by creating your nth-dimensional terraforming nanites after just three weeks of study with one $29.99 book, maybe you should just join a martial arts school instead.
It's not an optical illusion, it just looks like one. -- Phil White