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GradComD Student Michael Silber's Thesis Featured in Gizmodo

By Sierra Siemer on April 23, 2013

GradComD student Michael Silber's thesis "Digital Humor Theory" got a write up in Gizmodo.

Remember when you were in preschool, sitting around in a circle, whispering a message from person to person until it reached the last kid in the chain and was completely different? As part of his "Digital Humor Theory" thesis, Pratt Institute graduate student Michael J. Silber did just that with Siri's text-to-voice and Google's voicemail transcription services—50 times in a row.

Check out the full article and his thesis experiments here.

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