http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...eah-Right.html
Scientists are discovering sarcasm exists on the internet!
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Though this might be too a informative piece for some.
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But among strangers, sarcasm use soars if the conversation is via an anonymous computer chat room as opposed to face to face
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Despite all these clues, detecting sarcasm can be difficult.
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It turns out scientists can program a computer to recognize sarcasm. Last year, Hebrew University computer scientists in Jerusalem developed their “Semi-supervised Algorithm for Sarcasm Identification.” The program was able to catch 77 percent of the sarcastic statements in Amazon purchaser comments like “Great for insomniacs” in a book review. The scientists say that a computer that could recognize sarcasm could do a better job of summarizing user opinions in product reviews.
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