Know all about AI system that can detect sarcasm in social media posts Sarcasm isn't always easy to identify in conversation, so you can imagine it`s pretty challenging for a computer program to do it and do it well. Representational Image. , File Photo Updated: May 9, 2021, 08:18 PM IST Computer science researchers including one of Indian-origin at the University of Central Florida have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based sarcasm detector for posts on social media platforms. Sarcasm has been a major hurdle to increasing the accuracy of sentiment analysis, especially on social media, since sarcasm relies heavily on vocal tones, facial expressions, and gestures that cannot be represented in the text.