Researchers say they have trained an artificial intelligence model to be able to detect sarcasm, according to a Thursday report.
The research was presented at the Acoustical Society of America and the Canadian Acoustical Association in Ottawa by Netherlands-based researchers, according to the Guardian.
Researchers said they trained the AI model using scenes from popular TV shows, focusing on Chandler Bing from Friends and Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory. The data included Chandler responding to the idea of spending a day putting furniture together with, “Yes, and we’re very excited about it,” and Sheldon telling another character, “It’s just a privilege to watch your mind at work,” according to the report.
“We are able to recognize sarcasm in a reliable way, and we’re eager to grow that,” Matt Coler at the University of Groningen’s speech technology lab
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