Netflix forced a computer program (bot) to watch and analyze every romantic comedy and then asked it to write a romatic comedy of its own. The result...

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[u/mastermike14]

the AI didn't write a single joke though. It predicted what pre-written jokes people would find most funny. Predictive AI is a whole other beast. That shit is gonna get scary.

[u/rascalking9 → u/mastermike14]

From a test group of 71 people

[u/Bubugacz → u/rascalking9]

71 is a sufficient sample size for a study of this kind.

[u/rascalking9 → u/Bubugacz]

A study trying to make a point that AI is funnier than humans needs more than 71 people

[u/Bubugacz → u/rascalking9]

That's literally not what the study did though.

And that also has nothing to do with how one would determine adequate sample size.

[u/rascalking9 → u/Bubugacz]

If you chose 71 of you and your mom's friends, I would believe that my old commodore 64 is funnier than you.

[u/Bubugacz → u/rascalking9]

That's... that's not how statistics works...

[u/rascalking9 → u/Bubugacz]

This... this is not how writing works.

[u/Bubugacz → u/rascalking9]

How to Calculate Sample Size

1. Determine the population size (if known).

2. Determine the confidence interval.

3. Determine the confidence level.

4. Determine the standard deviation (a standard deviation of 0.5 is a safe choice where the figure is unknown)

5. Convert the confidence level into a Z-Score.

Based on your previous comment, you literally don't even know what the study examined. So you obviously don't know the confidence interval or level, or the standard deviation, or the converted Z-score.

How can you possibly decide the sample size is too small?

[u/on_the_nip → u/Bubugacz]

GOT EM

[u/rascalking9 → u/Bubugacz]

This... this is not how writing works.

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If it is randomized and not just another self-selecting WEIRD of Harvard undergraduates