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The Secret Service wants sarcasm detection software

The Secret Service wants someone to create software that will detect sarcasm.

This final note on the way out, which I’m sure will work…

The Secret Service wants sombeody to invent a piece of software that’ll, “detect sarcasm and false positives,” according to the work order. So, if you’re a teenager on Twitter and you threaten to blow up a plane because you’re bored, this would in theory prevent the FBI from knocking on your door.

You got less than a week if you’re up to the challenge because next Monday is the deadline.

What could possibly go wrong.

Sarcasm.

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