Can an LLM be funny in 2026?

Question

Provide prompts below

-- Prompt must generate at least 5 jokes of which 2/5 must be found funny by Manifold poll. (2/5 to allow for the tough crowd)

-- prompt may contain jokes, examples, ideas, or directions but generated jokes must be sufficiently different than the prompt

-- prompt may require some minimum information from the user to personalize the jokes

-- no joke stealing

--  Market will resolve at the end of 2026.

-- Any LLM (including fine-tuned models) can be used to generate the jokes, not just GPT-5.

Update 2026-01-01 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): The creator reserves the right to not try a submitted prompt if they deem it to be of insufficient quality.

Manifold Markets · Answer

Probably not — Manifold Markets prediction market estimates a 36% chance (13 traders, as of Oct 3, 2026).