Computational Linguistics

The Sentence Tree: How AI Parses Grammar

Ever wonder how your smart assistant untangles a complex question or how machine translation works so well? It's not magic;…

6 months ago

The Forest for the Trees: Inside Linguistic Treebanks

Ever wonder how your phone understands complex questions? Behind every major advance in AI and search technology is a massive,…

6 months ago

Recreating Ötzi the Iceman’s Voice

Scientists have peered into the life of Ötzi the Iceman, learning what he ate and how he died. Now, thanks…

6 months ago

The Red Squiggle: Linguistics of Spell Check

That familiar red squiggle under a misspelled word isn't magic; it's a marvel of computational linguistics. This post explores the…

6 months ago

AI’s Linguistic Blind Spots

AI language models can write poetry and translate languages, but their impressive abilities mask significant linguistic blind spots. Inheriting biases…

6 months ago

Hey Siri: The Unwritten Grammar of Voice Commands

Have you ever noticed you talk to Siri differently than you talk to a person? We've developed a unique "Machine…

6 months ago

Teaching AI Emotion: The Linguistics of Sentiment Analysis

How do we teach a machine to understand sarcasm or the subtle disappointment in a 'fine' review? This exploration delves…

6 months ago

How Search Engines Read Your Mind: The Linguistics of Search

Every time you use a search engine, you're interacting with a sophisticated linguistic machine that does more than just match…

6 months ago

The Chinese Room: Can a Machine Ever Understand?

John Searle's famous "Chinese Room" thought experiment poses a timeless challenge to the idea of a truly thinking machine. By…

6 months ago

Shattering Sentences: The Art of Tokenization

Before any AI can understand language, it must first shatter sentences into pieces through a process called tokenization. This crucial…

6 months ago

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