I think this is my new favourite tech-related comic strip
My new favorite is this:
That seems like an inherently false statement. If it was sarcastic, it would be false because it actually is going great. If it’s not sarcastic, than the project is not actually going great.
If it’s sarcastic, it actually worked and the inventor might be a genius, but maybe the AI doesn’t like him and wants to make fun of him anyway.
Also, it can be sarcastic only in one of the two statements, so the project is a success but the guy is far from being a genius
The project could not be going great but also the AI is just incorrect about the status of the project rather than being sarcastic
This is a pradox though. If the scientist succeeded then the machine isn’t really using sarcasm and if they haven’t then it’s lying.
This comic really only needs the first two panels. The third panel though suggests that the scientists themselves don’t know what sarcasm is. Which would make it difficult for them to design something to use it.
It only needed the first two panels. In the US, it needed the first two panels and an /s
No, sarcasm is really hard to do, I’m sure only humans can possibly understand the nuances of language like that.
I fully trust your assessment on that matter, due to your qualifications as a random stranger on the Internet.
This reminds me of that time I accidentally roasted my college instructor in front of the class.
It was some kind of logic class for computer science. We were going thru a topic of “statement”, which is “something that has a truth value”.
I asked, “what about sarcasm?”
He answered, “sarcasm also has truth value in it, so it’s also a statement”.
Then he told me to give an example, to which I instictively gave without much thought: “this class is great!”
Had the whole class laughing while he frowned.
It was the very first day of him teaching.
Ha ha ha this machine is me. I have been repeatedly told my serious voice and sarcasm voice is the same .
The Simpsons did it first.
This comic almost has an xkcd flavour to it.
