LOL-BOT - Melbourne Comedy Festival
Creating the world’s first A.I. comedian* to prove that when it comes to comedy, nothing beats the real thing…
Robots are taking over the world, and Artificial Intelligence is taking giant leaps towards becoming more human-like that we ever thought possible. But there is one frontier A.I. is yet to master - comedy.
The truth is, when it comes to comedy, nothing beats the real thing. To launch the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, we released LOL-BOT - the world's first self learning comedy robot. Well, at least that's what we told people...
LOL-BOT Live
LOL-BOT debuted at the opening of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival as a live performance in front of a real crowd. People interacted with him on stage, and asked him questions. Little did they know what LOL-BOT really was...
Yes… it was all one big joke
After we fooled people into believing we had created the world’s first stand-up comedy robot, we revealed that it was being powered by seven of Australia’s top comedians backstage. Once we had the world convinced, we revealed the joke as an online film - which translated to additional PR and a TVC for the festival.
