笑一笑，買門票——喜劇俱樂部采用人臉識別技術收費
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作者：By Bram Sable-Smith
Laughter is universal. So， like other universal resources， why not 1）monetize it？
Ad： Pay per laugh. The first comedy shows where you only pay for what you consume.
This is the Teatreneu comedy club in Barcelona. Back in April， it installed tablets on its seats that detect when 2）patrons smile. And it seems to be paying off.
The BBC reports since it’s been implemented， ticket prices are up by six euros. In fact， the experiment appears to have been such a success that other theaters in Spain are now following suit. According to its website， entrance[sic] to its shows are free but each laugh costs 30 euro cents for a maximum charge of ?4. The theater experimented with pay for laugh after a large tax increase on shows led to dwindling audience numbers.
But a CNET writer pondered whether the technology would introduce too much 3）rationality into comedy clubs， asking： “Might it be the case that later acts will suffer， because patrons will become 4）stingy with their laughs？”