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Re:How Vector Space Mathematics Helps Machines Spot Sarcasm by 1024core on Saturday October 15, 2016 @01:32PM (#12714842)
The flaw in this approach is that many words do not have a single vector representation. Consider "Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana". The word "flies" has 2 distinct meanings; but the representation in word2vec will be a single, hybrid vector which is neither here nor there. And often sarcasm relies on this dual meaning to make a point.
Re:How Vector Space Mathematics Helps Machines Spot Sarcasm by trendia on Saturday October 15, 2016 @01:37PM (#12714876)
space2vec can distinguish between multiple uses of the same word. I suspect that the current version would struggle with that sentence, but it's possible

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