Delayed Humor Recognition
A delayed humorous reaction in which the user first processes an AI output's literal meaning and only afterward perceives it as funny, often laughing at their own delayed comprehension. Distinguished from immediate humor by the lag between exposure and amusement.
Operational Definition
EVENT. One occurrence would be coded when a user signals amusement (explicit laughter token such as 'haha', or a remark like 'oh, now I get it') referring to an AI turn that is at least one user turn earlier, i.e. amusement is expressed only after an intervening non-humorous turn. The delayed-amusement turn is the unit counted.
Measurement Schema
Proposed measurement protocol (not yet empirically validated): Latency measure: for each amusement signal, coders link it to the eliciting AI turn and record the turn-distance and elapsed seconds between exposure and amusement; linkage agreement would be assessed via Cohen's kappa. Could be reported as median exposure-to-amusement latency and share of amusement signals that are delayed (>0 intervening turns).