Wow, what a terrific intro to this article. It really is brilliant. In case you hadn’t noticed, in the above line I was being sarcastic. Well… duh. When we are stuck for something intelligent to say, ...

This week I’m going to be taking a look at sarcasm. If that revelation just prompted you to say to yourself, “Big deal, Mr. Word Guy,” well, congratulations. You just used sarcasm. I also plan to take ...

Researchers say their new algorithm trained on a database of various TV show clips can detect sarcasm 75% of the time. By Tom Hawking Published May 17, 2024 1:17 PM EDT Add Popular Science (opens in a ...

A team of university researchers in the Netherlands says they've developed an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that can recognize sarcasm, according to a new report. The Guardian reported on ...

Most of us are pretty good at picking up on sarcasm. Quite frankly, we have to be. Much of the way we communicate as a modern society is structured around subtle contextual cues that tell us whether ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Millennials, rejoice: A winking-face emoji is worth a slew of ironic words. The brain interprets irony or sarcasm conveyed by an emoji in the same way as it does verbal banter, ...

Sarcasm is a form of communication intended to convey the opposite of what is literally said. It is most often used to criticize someone, e.g., stating, “You’re really good at this!” to a friend who ...