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Researchers are training computers to recognize sarcasm on Twitter
Twitter contains multitudes. On any given day you'll find earnest and passionate rumination, breaking news and analysis, silly hashtag games, horribly abusive idiots spewing hate and much, much more. Another constant across the platform is sarcastic reactions to all manner of events big and small. Indeed, when you're fully ensconced in the echo chamber that is Twitter, it can sometimes be hard to tell what's real and what's not. Fortunately, some researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have our backs: they're training computers to recognize sarcasm on Twitter, and they've had some solid success so far.
