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dang really needs to get YC to develop an AI that can automatically add /s to ironic comment.
by arkitaip 6y ago
dang really needs to get YC to develop an AI that can automatically add /s to ironic comment.
- stelonix 6y agoI'd rather HN not allow such comments and we try to make debate here better than on the rest of the internet.
- centimeter 6y agoOr people could work on their ability to identify normal human modes of speech.
- ben_w 6y agoGiven we’ve had the internet for over a generation with this issue being known that whole time, I don’t think that’s actually something we can do. Not in general, not from plain text.
- centimeter 6y agoI think only morons, autistics, etc have a habitually hard time identifying sarcasm. These are not the people we should optimize the web experience for.
- ben_w 6y agoOnly when spoken, not when written: https://theconversation.com/why-is-sarcasm-so-difficult-to-detect-in-texts-and-emails-91892 https://theconversation.com/why-is-sarcasm-so-difficult-to-d...
- centimeter 6y agoNo, I have zero problem detecting sarcasm or irony in text. If you think about it for 5 seconds it's usually pretty clear.
- ben_w 6y agoIf you have zero problem, you are unusual. Please note who wrote this paper, considering what they are famous for, as well as the results: http://web-docs.stern.nyu.edu/pa/kruger_email_ego.pdf http://web-docs.stern.nyu.edu/pa/kruger_email_ego.pdf
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoText inherently makes it difficult if not impossible to distinguish sarcasm that would be apparent with verbal/visual context clues.