Datacom has labored with the Melbourne Worldwide Comedy Competition to construct and launch an AI-powered instrument, Humorous Finder, to assist clients discover personalised present suggestions.
Held for the final 39 years, the Competition supplies a spread of comedy performances, starting from stand-up and sketch exhibits to improvisation, musical comedy, line-up exhibits, particular occasions and talks.
This yr’s occasion runs from 26 March to twenty April, with final yr’s occasion offering a record-breaking 685 exhibits from 1,847 artists over greater than 8,000 performances throughout 132 venues.
With a number of performances on supply, this makes it troublesome for attendees to seek out new artists and for rising artists to seek out audiences, with the Competition’s government director, Dylan Cole, saying that some attendees discover navigating this system “a bit overwhelming”.
Datacom director of AI Louise Compagnone instructed ARN that Humorous Finder was developed with this problem in thoughts, utilizing “the facility of AI to tackle a number of the heavy lifting and assist individuals navigate the pageant programme to seek out the exhibits that go well with their tastes and availability”.
“We consider Humorous Finder as a ‘private leisure concierge’ and see big potential for this software of AI for different main occasions with complicated packages,” she mentioned.
