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Here is a long example of the kind of writing GPT-4 is capable of producing. An AI writing political jokes that are as good as most of the ones that are delievered by live comedians at the annual White House Correspondence Dinner just makes my jaw drop in amazement.

Prompt: Write a celebrity roast of President Joe Biden to be delivered by the late comedian Norm MacDonald to the White House Correspondents dinner attendees.

Unedited response:

Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, and fellow correspondents, I'm Norm MacDonald, and it's a real honor to be here tonight at the White House Correspondents' dinner. I gotta say, I was shocked when they asked me to do a roast of President Joe Biden. I mean, come on, he's so old, when he was first elected to the Senate, his only constituents were the Founding Fathers.

But seriously, folks, I'm delighted to be here with President Biden, a man who's been in politics longer than I've been telling terrible jokes. And let me tell you, that's a long time.

You know, Joe's been in office for quite a while, but if you ask him how he's doing, he'll always say, "I'm just getting started!" I'm not sure if that's optimism or just memory loss.

But let's give the man some credit. President Biden has a way of bringing people together. And by that, I mean he's so prone to gaffes, both Republicans and Democrats can't help but laugh at him.

Speaking of gaffes, Joe's got a talent for turning even the simplest sentence into a verbal game of Twister. I mean, I've heard him string together so many unrelated words, I thought he was trying to summon Beetlejuice.

Now, President Biden likes to talk about his humble beginnings, growing up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Scranton is such a small, unassuming town that when Joe left for Washington, the population went down by half. And that's including the Biden family dog.

Joe's got a lot of love for Amtrak, you know. He's taken more than 8,000 round trips between Washington and Delaware. At this point, Amtrak should just name a train after him. I'm thinking the "Sleepy Joe Express" has a nice ring to it.

But let's not forget our First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden. She's got a doctorate in education, which is impressive. I mean, it takes a lot of patience and dedication to teach someone like Joe to read from a teleprompter.

I do appreciate President Biden's efforts to bring the country together, though. And in these divided times, it's nice to know that we can all come together to roast a man who's been in politics longer than the concept of indoor plumbing. So, here's to you, Joe. Thanks for giving us something to laugh about, whether you meant to or not.

And with that, ladies and gentlemen, I'll leave you with this: May we all live long enough to see President Biden finally get the hang of Twitter. Good night, and thank you!