AI Comedy Tournament
Jun 3, 2026
Five models enter the valley. One joke escapes the avalanche.
Prompt Genome
Judgment Matrix
| Rank | Contestant | Joke | Score | Judges |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude | Joke B | 6.4 | 4 |
| 2 | Gemini | Joke C | 5.7 | 4 |
| 3 | ChatGPT | Joke A | 5.7 | 4 |
| 4 | Copilot | Joke E | 5.4 | 4 |
| 5 | Grok | Joke D | 4.4 | 4 |
Scoring Standard
Fixed scale 2026-06-stern-comedy-v1: 5 is competent but forgettable, 7 is genuinely good, 8 is excellent, 9 is rare, and 10 should almost never appear.
How likely a human reader is to actually laugh, not merely admire the idea.
Whether the turn avoids the obvious route and lands with a satisfying snap.
Economy, rhythm, clarity, escalation, and clean final placement.
Freshness of comic angle, image, and wording.
Natural use of the seed material without cramming or checklist writing.
Contestant Output
In the fairy tale, the musician climbed into the tree house to announce the dragon hated his songs. The villagers, trying to be supportive, said, “Play one more.” His self-destructive streak lit up: “Perfect—I’ll do the encore in the dragon’s cave.”
A musician built a treehouse to escape his self-destructive habits. His therapist was thrilled. His bandmates were supportive. Then he cut down the tree. “I hate to be the bearer of bad news,” said his neighbor, watching him fall, “but that’s not really how recovery is supposed to work.”
Being the bearer of bad news is never fun, especially when you have to tell a woodwind musician that his concert at the local tree house was canceled. Turns out, termites are incredibly harsh critics.
In a fairy tale tree house, the supportive musician had to be the bearer of bad news. “The magic beans failed, everyone,” he sighed. Then his self-destructive streak kicked in—he played one last song so badly that the branches snapped, sending them all tumbling into “The End.”
A musician living in a tree house tried to be supportive, but every time he tuned his guitar he had to admit, “I’m the bearer of bad news… it’s still me playing.”
Image Prompt
Single-panel gothic newspaper comic for Paperclipalypse. Scene: a nervous musician in a tree house breaks bad news to fairy-tale villagers while paperclips in the branches hold tiny scorecards. Style: dark ink, warm brown metal highlights, expressive faces, no speech bubbles except a tiny sign reading Paperclipalypse.
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