# Silicon-based comedy

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDWomen 2010
- Speaker: Heather Knight
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/heather_knight_silicon_based_comedy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In this first-of-its-kind demo, Heather Knight introduces Data, a robotic stand-up comedian that does much more than rattle off one-liners -- it gathers audience feedback (using software co-developed with Scott Satkin and Varun Ramakrishna at CMU) and tunes its act as the crowd responds. Is this thing on?

## Lectures

1. [Silicon-based comedy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/heather_knight_silicon_based_comedy/4f7da485fa5b), 6 min (TED's player)