Before we dive into advanced models like Transformers, let’s first understand what Natural Language Processing (NLP) is and why it matters.
NLP is a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) that helps computers understand and process human language, just like we do. Instead of just recognizing words, NLP tries to understand the meaning behind them.
Here are some common things NLP can do:
NLP is not just for written text. It is also used for voice assistants (like Siri and Alexa), speech-to-text transcription, and even describing images in words.
Humans understand language naturally, but computers don’t. For example:
However, for a computer, all it sees is a string of words. It doesn’t automatically understand meaning, tone, or context. To make computers understand language better, researchers have developed special techniques to process text in a way that AI can learn from it.
In the next chapter, we’ll look at how NLP models work and how they have evolved to better understand human language!
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