Sarcasm may be the lowest form of wit, but wit in general is what biologists call sexual display. It aims to demonstrate the speaker's - or, content originator's - mental machinery at its performance peak and breaking the rules is part of the game.
It is difficult by design. Jim On 12 February 2016 at 10:24, Roger Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: > At 8:54 AM +1100 12/2/16, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > >How to confuse AI - be sarcastic. > > ... the report concludes that the > >solution to the problem is not necessarily one of pattern recognition > >[PDF] [2], but rather a more sophisticated matrix that has some ability > >to understand context. > > So AI actually needs to be, well, intelligent? > > ______________________________________________ > > >I imagine being sarcastic using slang metaphors would present problems. > > > >Slashdot: > >Why Sarcasm Is Such a Problem In Artificial Intelligence > > > http://science.slashdot.org/story/16/02/11/1816208/why-sarcasm-is-such-a-problem-in-artificial-intelligence > > > >A new paper from researchers in India and Australia, "Automatic Sarcasm > >Detection: A Survey," [1] highlights one of the strangest and ironically > >most humorous facets of the problems in machine learning and humour. The > >paper outlines ten years of research efforts from groups interested in > >detecting sarcasm in online sources. It details the ways that academia > >has approached the sarcasm problem, including flagging authors and > >ring-fencing sarcastic data. However, the report concludes that the > >solution to the problem is not necessarily one of pattern recognition > >[PDF] [2], but rather a more sophisticated matrix that has some ability > >to understand context. > > > >references > >[1] > > > https://thestack.com/cloud/2016/02/11/why-sarcasm-is-such-a-problem-in-artificial-intelligence/ > >[2] http://arxiv.org/pdf/1602.03426v1 > > > >-- > > > >Regards > >brd > > > >Bernard Robertson-Dunn > >Sydney Australia > >email:[email protected] > >web:www.drbrd.com > >web:www.problemsfirst.com > >Blog:www.problemsfirst.com/blog > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Link mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > > -- > Roger Clarke http://www.rogerclarke.com/ > > Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA > Tel: +61 2 6288 6916 http://about.me/roger.clarke > mailto:[email protected] http://www.xamax.com.au/ > > Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. > Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
