AI might now be as good as humans at detecting emotion, political leaning and sarcasm in online conversations

By Ana Jovančević, Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Limerick

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 often hope that this meaning will come through to the reader.

But what happens if an artificial intelligence (AI) system is at the other end, rather than a person? Can AI, especially conversational AI, understand the latent meaning in our text? And if so, what does this mean for us?

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