Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a field of artificial intelligence that focuses on the interaction between computers and humans through natural language. It involves the ability of machines to understand, interpret, and generate human language.
Key Areas of NLP
- Text Classification: This involves categorizing text into predefined classes or categories. For example, sentiment analysis, which determines whether a piece of text is positive, negative, or neutral.
- Machine Translation: This is the process of translating text from one language to another using computational methods.
- Named Entity Recognition (NER): This involves identifying and classifying named entities in text into predefined categories such as person names, organizations, locations, medical codes, time expressions, quantities, monetary values, percentages, etc.
- Speech Recognition: This is the ability of a computer program to receive and interpret spoken words.
Why is NLP Important?
NLP is important for various reasons:
- Automation: It helps in automating tasks that traditionally required human intervention.
- Accessibility: It makes technology more accessible to people who are not proficient in using traditional interfaces.
- Data Analysis: It helps in extracting valuable insights from large amounts of text data.
Resources
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NLP in Action