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Comment by Aditya Joshi

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Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales, researching natural-language processing.
A lot of AI really depends on the most likely output. Sarcasm spins this on the head because it is actually a rare phenomenon. The most likely output based on the words that you read would actually be incorrect.
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Aditya Joshi, quoted in Alice Gomstyn, “AI understands you? Yeah, right,” IBM Think, June 11, 2026.
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AI Verified The explanation that AI’s likely output is incorrect for sarcasm bears on language understanding. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 8h ago
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AI Verified Joshi says likely AI output is incorrect for sarcasm; this supports against. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 8h ago

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AI Verified IBM Think attributes the exact wording to Aditya Joshi. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 8h ago
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