Efforts to create a sarcasm detector
Nov. 19th, 2020 03:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nancylebovhttps://venturebeat.com/2020/11/18/ai-researchers-made-a-sarcasm-detection-model-and-its-soo-impressive
China is doing this-- not just China (more in additional links), but this is terrifying. People there may have to guess how much enthusiasm is too much enthusiasm.
A lot of people would like to be able to detect sarcasm mechanically, it's not just about censorship.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/08/18/inside-the-surprisingly-high-stakes-quest-to-design-a-computer-program-that-gets-sarcasm-online/
Discussion (this could be used as training material for the AL):
https://www.metafilter.com/189427/rolls-eyes
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00123/full
Somewhat interesting, but not very good. Keeps talking about Easterners when they mean China. And I have no idea whether all Westerners-- or all western cultures-- have similar attitudes about humor.
Definition of the four styles of humor cites: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cutting-edge-leadership/201504/the-4-styles-humor
At greater length:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humor_styles
With some examples:
https://www.humorthatworks.com/how-to/the-four-styles-of-humor/
The four styles of humor don't seem to include puns.
A better humor typology.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/07/19/there-are-nine-different-types-of-humour-which-one-are-you_a_23036626/
China is doing this-- not just China (more in additional links), but this is terrifying. People there may have to guess how much enthusiasm is too much enthusiasm.
A lot of people would like to be able to detect sarcasm mechanically, it's not just about censorship.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/08/18/inside-the-surprisingly-high-stakes-quest-to-design-a-computer-program-that-gets-sarcasm-online/
Discussion (this could be used as training material for the AL):
https://www.metafilter.com/189427/rolls-eyes
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00123/full
Somewhat interesting, but not very good. Keeps talking about Easterners when they mean China. And I have no idea whether all Westerners-- or all western cultures-- have similar attitudes about humor.
Definition of the four styles of humor cites: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cutting-edge-leadership/201504/the-4-styles-humor
At greater length:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humor_styles
With some examples:
https://www.humorthatworks.com/how-to/the-four-styles-of-humor/
The four styles of humor don't seem to include puns.
A better humor typology.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/07/19/there-are-nine-different-types-of-humour-which-one-are-you_a_23036626/
