L13. Semantic Web

The Science of Sarcasm

Last year, a group of computer scientists from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem developed an algorithm that detects online sarcasm. The “semi-supervised sarcasm identification algorithm," or SASI, achieved 77% precision in recognizing sarcasm in Tweets and Amazon product reviews--a discovery which has positive implications for the semantic web.

http://www.geekosystem.com/sarcasm-detecting-algorithm-online/

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