AI Can Now Detect Sarcasm

Artificial Intelligence is one step closer to being more human-like as it can now detect sarcasm. Funded by the U.S military, a new AI tool has managed to do a task that is tough for computer algorithms to perform in general, identifying the tone and irony of the human voice. This advancement can help intelligence agencies perform better trend analysis by identifying social media posts that are basically sarcastic in nature and meaning no harm. How did the AI tool figure it out? According to two researchers from the University of Central Florida, some words in a set of combinations can be a clear indicator of sarcasm in social media posts. Even without any context, it’s easy for AI to learn those words and detect sarcasm.

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