Ep. 21: Bilingual comedian Amy Yu sees stand-up as life-changing, discusses role of AI in art

<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Amy Yu is a bilingual standup comedian based in Canada.</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">We talked about how standup comedy changed her life, how she thinks about telling jokes in Chinese vs telling in English, and how to properly tell a dirty joke.</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">I also had a pretty serious debate with her about the role of artificial intelligence in comedy.</span></p> <p><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" spellcheck="false" href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzXhohcgmW4&t=0s">0:00</a> <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Amy’s standup set</span></p> <p><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" spellcheck="false" href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzXhohcgmW4&t=64s">01:04</a> <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Debating the role of AI in art creation</span></p> <p><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" spellcheck="false" href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzXhohcgmW4&t=1351s">22:31</a> <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">How comedy helped Amy with mental health</span></p> <p><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" spellcheck="false" href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzXhohcgmW4&t=1697s">28:17</a> <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">How to deal with bombing on stage</span></p> <p><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" spellcheck="false" href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzXhohcgmW4&t=1908s">31:48</a> <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Amy’s (and Richard’s) comedic influences</span></p> <p><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" spellcheck="false" href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzXhohcgmW4&t=2222s">37:02</a> <span class="style-scop