[Term of the Day]: Natural Language Processing

Term of the Day

“Natural Language Processing”

Definition — What is NLP?

Natural Language Processing or (NLP) is a form of artificial intelligence (AI) that gives computers the ability to read, understand, and interpret human language. It is a field of study that focuses on the interactions between human language and computers. Let say you need a chatbot for your customer support environment, In order to train an NLP algorithm to understand human speech and text, the algorithm needs to be input with hundreds of thousands of labeled audio or text samples.

Natural language processing works through machine learning (ML). Machine learning systems store words and the ways they come together just like any other form of data. Phrases, sentences, and sometimes entire books are fed into ML engines where they’re processed based on grammatical rules and linguistic habits. NLP involves techniques such as Identify the emotion, parts-of-speech, Linguistics, and more.

This technology is still evolving, however many of us already use NLP daily without realizing it. You may have used at least one of the following tools: