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On the other hand, go operates in a much more finite universe than conversation does. You have 2 pieces, and a number of places to put them. You have a goal. C
by Declanomous 9y ago
On the other hand, go operates in a much more finite universe than conversation does. You have 2 pieces, and a number of places to put them. You have a goal.
Conversation doesn't work like that, and takes a vast amount of information to understand whether someone is being sarcastic.
- brisance 9y agoSo you’re saying that the people cited in the article accomplished something more significant than the AlphaGo team…?
- TuringTest 9y agoProbably not, because the approach taken in the paper is identifying a small set of patterns that are present in sarcasm, not fully understanding the meaning and context of why the sentence is sarcastic. It's a useful tool with pragmatic applications in online discourse analysis, but not a solved problem.
- Declanomous 9y agoI'm just saying it's easier to make progress when your universe is easier to define.