Robot detects sarcastic tweets better than HUMANS

An artificially intelligent robot that can understand sarcasm in social media posts better than humans has been developed by scientists. The algorithm can decipher the tone of tweets, and researchers say it could be used to tackle online abuse. By interpreting emoji used alongside a post's text, the robot can understand emotional subtext and identify if sarcasm is being used. A robot that can understand sarcasm in social media posts better than humans has been developed by scientists. By interpreting emoji used alongside a post's text, the AI can understand emotional subtext and identify if sarcasm is being used (stock image) Researchers created the AI, known as DeepMoji, by feeding it 1.2 billion tweets. The robot analysed each tweet to understand how 64 popular emoji were used in them to express meaning.