Chumor 1.0

Existing humor datasets predominantly focus on English, lacking resources for culturally nuanced humor in non-English languages like Chinese. Chumor addresses this gap, sourced from Ruo Zhi Ba, dedicated to sharing culturally specific jokes. Human explanations for Chumor jokes outperform LLMs like GPT-4o through A/B testing.

• Evaluation of Chumor dataset against LLMs
• Chumor jokes’ cultural specificity
• Human vs. LLM explanations comparison
• Significance of culturally relevant humor datasets

This paper highlights the need for culturally diverse datasets in AI humor understanding and emphasizes the challenges faced by LLMs in capturing cultural nuances.