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The algorithm then returns the given word, its part of speech, and its lemma, or base-form. Sentiment analysis is done using VADER: Valence Aware Dictionary and sEntiment Reasoner.

Not Even the People Who Write Algorithms Really Know How They Work The web's information filters are making assumptions about you based on details that you might not even notice yourself.

He gathered more than 50,000 sentences out of the speeches, with each sentence having 23 words on average.

Perhaps soon enough, we'll figure out that master algorithm and understand our brains better. Then we'll either be able to make better AI — or AI that's better than us. It's worth finding out.