Researchers from the University of Groningen's Speech Technology Lab say they have created a multimodal algorithm that can detect sarcasm in speech.
Jennifer Lawrence & Chris Pratt insult each other | CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE!
Because the world's biggest problem was clearly not having computers that could roll their eyes and say, "Yeah, sure."
Xiyuan Gao, Shekhar Nayak and Matt Coler are the brains behind this innovation, which was presented in all its sardonic glory on May 16 at the Shaw Center in Ottawa. This groundbreaking revelation is part of a joint meeting between the Acoustical Society of America and the Canadian Acoustical Association. Try to contain your excitement.
The secret sauce behind this sarcasm-detecting marvel involves analyzing speech for pitch, speech rate, and energy, then transcribing it into text for sentiment analysis. To top it off, they sprinkle in some emoticons to reflect the emotional content. Nothing screams cutting edge technology like the introduction of little yellow faces.
