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The Ghost in the Machine: How Linguists Teach Computers to Understand Ambiguity
Ever wonder how your phone knows you mean the band Queen, not a monarch? This post explores the linguistic challenge of ambiguity and the clever statistical methods, like n-grams and vector semantics, that linguists use to teach machines how to make educated guesses about human meaning. It’s a deep dive into the “ghost in the machine” that powers our everyday AI interactions.
