What defines humor's role in human social bonding?

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Humor serves as a 'social binding agent'[1] and 'can facilitate social interactions'[2]. People use humor to 'connect with people, to impress people, to point out absurdities, to make light of a bad situation, and to recognize universal struggles'[1]. It 'can be used as a method to easily engage in social interaction by taking away that awkward, uncomfortable, or uneasy feeling of social interactions'[2].

AI has the 'potential to both disingenuously create human bonding and to augment human’s ability to bond'[1]. Human-like social skills - like humor - are often used for human bonding[1]. As AI improves, 'we may need a way to discern genuine from disingenuous communication'[1].