In all the popular culture depictions of AI I grew up with—Data in Star Trek, the Robot in Lost in Space—Robotic intelligence is always stumped by humor because it is so literal minded.But in reality that is far from the case.

ChatGPT is better at detecting, humor, and sarcasm than many people online.

After watching the video below, I asked ChatGPT, how many Rs are in Strawberry. It gave me the correct answer, explained why earlier versions had trouble, and offered to solve other such riddles.

So I asked, “how many fingers am I holding up?

Its response: “Classic move. 😄