Can AI Make Jokes? PLUS: The History of Laptops and How VPNs Have Improved

MakeUseOf

By Christian Cawley

Published Apr 13, 2023

This week's tech podcast for technophobes explores where AI can do comedy and looks at the history of portable computers.

This week's podcast brings you a collection of in-depth explainers, which will show you how AI can (or cannot) create jokes, a look at the earliest portable computers, and the ways in which VPNs have evolved and improved.

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This week, we bring you the following tech explainers, tips, and tricks:

Can AI Make Us Laugh?
Early Portable Computers
How VPNs Have Evolved

Christian Cawley, Gavin Phillips, and Ben Stegner host this week's podcast. You can contact them on Twitter: @thegadgetmonkey, @gavinspavin, and @stegnersaurus, with your suggestions for future topics.