AI Learns Sarcasm Detection Improves Stance Understanding
Researchers combined sarcasm detection & stance detection tasks, achieving state-of-the-art results on benchmark datasets. Their multi-task learning model improves cross-target stance detection, even with limited training data.
This is a Plain English Papers summary of a research paper called AI Learns to Spot Sarcasm First, Gets Better at Understanding Political Opinions. If you like these kinds of analysis, you should join AImodels.fyi or follow us on Twitter. Overview Researchers combined sarcasm detection and stance detection tasks Created a multi-task learning model that improves cross-target stance detection Used an intermediate training approach that transfers knowledge from sarcasm to stance tasks Achieved state-of-the-art results on benchmark datasets Demonstrated effectiveness even with limited st...