This "16 Funniest Friends Episodes of All Time!" was written by Artificial Intelligence
The television show Friends has been a cultural touchstone for many people for decades. The show, which ran for ten seasons from 1994 to 2004, followed the lives of six friends living in New York City as they navigated their way through adulthood. The show's relatable characters, witty writing, and comedic moments resonated with audiences of all ages, making it one of the most beloved television shows of all time.
For many, Friends was more than just a TV show. It was a cultural phenomenon that provided a sense of comfort, familiarity, and nostalgia. The show's characters, Ross, Rachel, Joey, Chandler, Monica, and Phoebe, became like old friends to viewers, and the show's themes of friendship, love, and growing up resonated with people of all ages. "Friends" has stood the test of time, remaining popular even years after its finale, and continues to be a beloved part of pop culture.
"The One Where Ross Can't Flirt" (Season 1, Episode 2) - Ross tries to flirt with a woman at a bar and ended up embarrassing himself with his bad pick-up lines and lack of confidence.
"The One with the Embryos" (Season 4, Episode 12) - In this episode, the friends play a trivia game to determine who knows each other the best, leading to hilarious moments and revelations about their relationships.
"The One Where Ross Got High" (Season 6, Episode 9) - Ross gets into trouble when his parents discover that he smoked marijuana in college, leading to a series of comedic misunderstandings and a comically bad lie.
"The One with the Holiday Armadillo" (Season 7, Episode 10) - Ross dresses up as an armadillo to teach his son about Hanukkah, leading to a series of comedic mishaps and a memorable moment.
"The One with the Routine" (Season 6, Episode 10) - Ross and Joey perform a dance routine on live TV, and the result was a funny and entertaining sequence that showcases the chemistry between the characters.
"The One with the Prom Video" (Season 2, Episode 14) - The friends watch a video of their prom night, revealing a series of comedic secrets, and embarrassing moments that makes it a funny and memorable episode.
"The One with the Dirty Girl" (Season 3, Episode 5) - Ross dates a girl with a dirty apartment, leading to a series of comedic misunderstandings and a memorable ending.
"The One with the Jellyfish" (Season 4, Episode 1) - The friends have a series of comedic mishaps at the beach, including a run-in with a jellyfish and a memorable ending that makes it a funny and entertaining episode.
"The One with the Free Porn" (Season 8, Episode 5) - The friends accidentally get free porn channels on their TV, leading to a series of comedic misunderstandings and a comically awkward situation.
"The One with the Ball" (Season 3, Episode 8) - The friends play a game of catch with a ball that won't stop bouncing, leading to a series of comedic mishaps and a memorable ending.
"The One with the Blackout" (Season 1, Episode 7) - The friends are trapped in Monica's apartment during a blackout, leading to a series of comedic mishaps and a memorable ending that showcases the chemistry between the characters.
"The One with the Rumor" (Season 8, Episode 9) - Will joins the group for Thanksgiving dinner and reveals a rumor about Brad Pitt, which leads to a series of comedic moments and an entertaining episode.
"The One with the Football" (Season 3, Episode 9) - The friends play a game of touch football on Thanksgiving, leading to a series of comedic mishaps and a memorable ending that showcases the chemistry between the characters.
"The One with the Cake" (Season 10, Episode 11) - Joey accidentally buys a cake in the shape of an armchair, leading to a series of comedic mishaps and a memorable ending.
"The One with the Hypnosis Tape" (Season 3, Episode 18) - Chandler gets hypnotized and believes that he is a woman, leading to a series of comedic moments and a memorable ending.
"The One with the Stain" (Season 2, Episode 8) - Ross's attempts to remove a stubborn stain on his shirt lead to a series of comedic mishaps and a memorable ending that showcases the chemistry between the characters.
Articles like this one, which are written by AI, are likely to become more common in the future. As technology advances and language models like ChatGPT become more sophisticated, it will be possible for them to generate a wide range of content, including news articles, opinion pieces, and more. This will greatly improve the speed and efficiency at which news and other types of content can be produced, allowing for more up-to-date and timely information to be available to readers.
Additionally, AI-generated articles have the potential to improve the diversity of voices in the media. As AI is not influenced by personal biases, it can provide a different perspective on issues and events that might be overlooked by human writers. This can also lead to a reduction in human-error and inaccuracies in news reporting.
However, it's important to note that AI-generated articles are not without their limitations. They are only as good as the data they have been trained on, and their understanding of a topic can be limited by the information provided to them. Additionally, it's necessary to verify the accuracy of the information generated by AI and to ensure that it's suitable for publication. As AI continues to evolve, it's likely that the use of AI in journalism will become more prevalent, but the responsibility of ensuring the accuracy and reliability of information will continue to fall on human editors and fact-checkers.
An Actual Human Person Enters The Conversation
Okay, now it’s me, Alex, human. Or is it? YOU DON’T KNOW! YOU DON’T KNOW!!!! I mean, it would be great if ChatGPT could write like me, but it can’t, not yet, or rather, I don’t know the right questions to get it writing like a 5th grader with poor grammar skills who ate too many Sour Punch Straws.
I’m not sure what my initial intent was was this listicle, but what I find fascinating about the process is that with this request: “write a list article in the style of BuzzFeed about the 17 funniest Friends episodes and include three sentences about each episode,” I was able to create a meh listicle in less than a minute. I don’t think it’s a great article, and it certainly lacks the flavor, fun, and insight a human writer who actually watched the episodes could lend to it, but would anyone care or notice in a sea of internet content?
My first internet jobs were writing listicles, and while I would never have admitted this fifteen years ago, the amount of listicles I have written about shows I never interacted with is staggering. If I was asked to write about something I didn’t watch, I would simply read other listicles, find IMDB and Metacritic episode rankings, and then create my own version that didn’t match any of them but was close enough to the rest.
I know that process sounds hollow and machine-like, but that’s what being a listicle writer was/is. You write these lists in bulk because they’re SEO grabs and that’s what you’re paid to do. That’s all they are. They have a bunch of keywords and just enough substance to fool Google’s crawlers. There’s no way I could write a hundred listicles (or anyone else for that matter) and be an expert in every source… but that’s exactly what my bosses pretended we were doing.
The difference between myself and ChatGPT when it comes to writing a listicle is my humanity and lived experience. I may not have seen the episode where Ross dates a girl with a dirty room, but I am human and I’ve had a dirty room, and dated people with dirty rooms, so I can add flair to a blurb about that episode AI cannot because it lacks the context and knowledge of an entire lifetime of experience. It may know what everyone has written about that episode, but it’s not going to make a personal aside to talk about why this episode is relatable by explaining the feelings of what it’s like to continue to date someone who switches to paper plates as soon as the dishes in the sink get full.
And that’s why I wanted to try this experiment with ChatGPT. I started my career writing listicles, then moved on to web videos, books, and every once in a while, a fascinating marketing trends research deck. I wanted to see what ChatGPT was capable of and whether it was the white-collar job killer some are claiming it to be. For the moment, all of us medium-tier internet writers all safe.
These are the four prompts I used to generate this article:
And for what it’s worth, I ran this article through a plagiarism checker and it came back with only one sentence that could have been stolen. It was this line here: “provided a sense of comfort, familiarity, and nostalgia” and it was a match from a site writing about flowers that could have easily been a coincidence.