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Dutch researchers launch — oh, really? — an AI sarcasm detector
A team of researchers in The Netherlands has developed an AI that can recognize sarcasm and sarcastic expressions, at an accuracy of 75%.
Matt Coler, a researcher at the University of Groningen’s speech technology lab, told The Guardian: “We are able to recognize sarcasm in a reliable way, and we’re eager to grow that. In developing their AI, it was reaffirmed for the researchers exactly how much non-verbal social cues like delivery and facial expressions matter when it comes to detecting sarcasm. Charlotte Colombo is a freelance journalist with bylines in Metro.co.uk, Radio Times, The Independent, Daily Dot, Glamour, Stylist, and VICE among others.
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