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This is really awesome, but I think it would be even better if a program could be written such to flag sentences without a third party judge. Using the stylisti
by dylangs1030 15y ago
This is really awesome, but I think it would be even better if a program could be written such to flag sentences without a third party judge. Using the stylistic tendencies of lying, for example, in rhetoric. This might not be possible or plausible, but if it could be written, I think it would be at least equal to this technology.
- cynwoody 15y agoThere are at least two reasons that's impossible. First, liars are smart. Second, not everyone spouting an untruth is a liar. If a person doesn't know he's uttering a falsehood, then the fact is unlikely to influence his style — or his speech spectrum or cadence or direction of gaze, etc.
- dylangs1030 15y agoWell, I see a solution around the first reason. Just flag anything that is worded in a suspicious way. The example, "Obama has the worst ratings in modern times" sounds suspicious. You shouldn't need a fact checker to know you need to check that fact. If you could implement the same sorting method common sense has to a fact checker, you might be able to make it work. However, I admit, you might be faced with the problem that an overwhelming number of statements would be flagged. I'm not sure how you would get rid of false positives.