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Computer algorithm made to detect sarcasm, is surprisingly accurate

SASI, a Semi-supervised Algorithm for Sarcasm Identification, can recognize sarcastic sentences in product reviews online with pretty astounding 77 percent precision. To create such an algorithm, the team scanned 66,000 Amazon.com product reviews, with three different human annotators tagging sentences for sarcasm. The team then identified certain sarcastic patterns that emerged in the reviews and created a classification algorithm that puts each statement into a sarcastic class.

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article...soooo-cool

Awesome: That humanity has developed an actual way of detecting sarcasm in writing.

Sad: That humanity NEEDS to develop a fucking app to tell them when an article is being sarcastic or not.

In fact, I thought the whole point of sarcasm is taking a subtle stab at a topic, and letting those who get the joke enjoy the privilege of a good laugh.

What's next, an actual gaydar?