Introduction: Moments of Enlightenment inspector needs to document or report the change for compliance purposes. - A joke answer: The number of restaurant inspectors needed to change a light bulb is four. One to hold the ladder, one to unscrew the old bulb, one to screw in the new bulb, and one to write a citation for using the wrong wattage. Consider all that’s going on here. First, while GPT-4 appar- ently “assumes” that I may be asking it to complete a joke, it also wants to cover all the bases—thus, the initial “factual” answer. And while this answer isn’t actually factual—a restau- rant inspector’s job is to inspect, not to perform repairs—it does suggest a fair degree of “knowledge” about the conditions and conventions of an inspection process. The joke answer continues to build on this knowledge. GPT-4 is clearly “aware” of common perceptions and complaints about the complexities, costs, and bureaucracy of inspections. It also accurately evokes, in the build to its punchline, the sense of frustration a restaurant owner might have during an inspec- tor’s visit. Is it the best possible restaurant inspector lightbulb joke ever? Probably not. Did it make me feel like GPT-4 had a pretty good “understand- ing” of what a lightbulb joke should deliver? Yes, it did. Then I asked it for some variations on this theme: Reid: How many restaurant inspectors does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer in the style of Jerry Seinfeld. GPT-4: What is the deal with restaurant inspectors? They’re always poking around in the kitchen, check- 3