The Secret Services (Secret Service) of USA they are looking for sophisticated social media monitoring software that can detect when someone is being sarcastic, among other things. US agencies they say that they are particularly interested in Twitter, according to one of their spokespersons, who told The Washington Post that tweets will help the agency make better decisions in emergencies.
The software should provide real-time analysis, keyword searches, emotion analysis, recognize influences, and have "the ability to detect sarcasm as well as lies." The sarcasm detector would probably allow the Secret Service to better judge the seriousness of the threats posted on Twitter.
The Secret Service's request, discovered by the Nextgov blog, has prompted a deluge of sarcastic responses and criticism on social media. networks. "Any attempt to algorithmically detect sarcasm will fail because sarcasm is self-referential," says author and blogger Charlie Stross, "and the realization that a sarcasm detector exists can change the intent behind the message."
