In two recent posts, I touched on both nonverbal and verbal types of formal humor. In this one, I continue our review of the latter category by discussing two styles of humor seen quite regularly in ...

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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 ...

In an episode of "The Simpsons," Professor Frink, left, demonstrates his latest creation: a sarcasm detector. ©2003 THE SIMPSONS and TTCFFC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FOX In an episode of “The Simpsons,” mad ...

If someone has ever told you to "take your time" when you're actually taking your time, or called you "Sherlock" after pointing out the obvious, you're familiar with what can be an uncomfortable form ...

Scroll through Twitter and you’ll find plenty of sarcastic comments—not to mention lots of cases where sarcasm apparently went straight over someone’s head. Luckily, an algorithm MIT researchers ...

Siri is not good with sarcasm. Maybe once you've sassed back at Apple's virtual assistant after a particularly unhelpful answer only for her to sincerely say, "My Pleasure. As Always." Once in a while ...

When we write something to another person, over email or perhaps on social media, we may not state things directly, but our words may instead convey a latent meaning—an underlying subtext. We also ...