The Briefing – Try not to laugh – robot edition
18 December 2025
Comedy robots: what could possibly go wrong? Here’s an interview with The Briefing’s Chris Spyrou about my new research project about the believability of robot and AI performance. Starts around the 11 min mark.
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University of Melbourne researcher Dr Robert Walton has received more than half a million dollars in public funding to explore whether AI and robots can perform believable comedy, and what it can teach us about humour and human-machine interaction.
In this episode of The Briefing, Chris Spyrou speaks with Dr Walton about what this research could mean far beyond the stage.
