And this month the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has created a strategic surprise to beat the band: the SocialSim sarcasm detector. Only now, Darpa will know, deep in its twisted little AI bones, that you mean the diametric opposite: We don’t need this sarcasm detector at all. Long have users of Twitter complained that there’s no font for sarcasm, which can lead to misunderstandings, sometimes trivial, sometimes grievous. Darpa’s new AI is founded in something called sentiment analysis, which automates the detection of emotion, intention and torque in online language. As a former comedian, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) might understand Darpa's latest invention.

Source: The Star May 30, 2021 00:00 UTC