NLP - Natural Language Processing
07/02/19 • 36 min
The human voice is helping to drive the future of automation. Systran and Adobe veteran Shivali Goel joins Dirk and Jon to explain how Natural Language Processing, or NLP, is powering the AI of today and tomorrow.
Natural Language Processing researcher Shivali Goel joins Dirk and Jon to go deep into this crucial technology. We learn about what Natural Language Processing, or NLP, is, how it powers software, AI, and automation, and discover some of the cutting-edge applications that NLP is driving today.
Memorable Quotes
"For example, if I say 'Kids make nutritious snacks', what do you understand? Are the children cooking something nutritious? Or that they themselves are a nutritious snack?"
"Instant voice translation is making language no longer a barrier. I can talk to you in Hindi and you can hear the same content in English."
"NLP is basically math and statistics with elements of linguistics."
"A person got arrested in Iraq because his Facebook translated his 'good morning' to 'attack them'."
Who You'll Hear
Dirk Knemeyer, Social Futurist and Producer of Creative Next (@dknemeyer)
Jonathan Follett, Writer, Electronic Musician, Emerging Tech Researcher and Producer of Creative Next (@jonfollett)
Shivali Goel, Natural Language Processing Researcher (@shivugoel)
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Sponsors
GoInvo, A design practice dedicated to innovation in healthcare whose clients are as varied as AstraZeneca, 3M Health Information Services, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. www.goinvo.com
Design Museum Foundation, A new kind of museum, they believe design can change the world. They’re online, nomadic, and focused on making design accessible to everyone. Their mission: bring the transformative power of design everywhere. You can learn about their exhibitions, events, magazine, and more. www.designmuseumfoundation.org
BIF, As a purpose-driven firm, BIF is committed to bringing design strategy where it is needed most - health care, education, and public service to create value for our most vulnerable populations. www.bif.is
The human voice is helping to drive the future of automation. Systran and Adobe veteran Shivali Goel joins Dirk and Jon to explain how Natural Language Processing, or NLP, is powering the AI of today and tomorrow.
Natural Language Processing researcher Shivali Goel joins Dirk and Jon to go deep into this crucial technology. We learn about what Natural Language Processing, or NLP, is, how it powers software, AI, and automation, and discover some of the cutting-edge applications that NLP is driving today.
Memorable Quotes
"For example, if I say 'Kids make nutritious snacks', what do you understand? Are the children cooking something nutritious? Or that they themselves are a nutritious snack?"
"Instant voice translation is making language no longer a barrier. I can talk to you in Hindi and you can hear the same content in English."
"NLP is basically math and statistics with elements of linguistics."
"A person got arrested in Iraq because his Facebook translated his 'good morning' to 'attack them'."
Who You'll Hear
Dirk Knemeyer, Social Futurist and Producer of Creative Next (@dknemeyer)
Jonathan Follett, Writer, Electronic Musician, Emerging Tech Researcher and Producer of Creative Next (@jonfollett)
Shivali Goel, Natural Language Processing Researcher (@shivugoel)
Join The Conversation
Website & Newsletter: www.creativenext.org
Twitter: @GoCreativeNext
Facebook: /GoCreativeNext
Instagram: @GoCreativeNext
Sponsors
GoInvo, A design practice dedicated to innovation in healthcare whose clients are as varied as AstraZeneca, 3M Health Information Services, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. www.goinvo.com
Design Museum Foundation, A new kind of museum, they believe design can change the world. They’re online, nomadic, and focused on making design accessible to everyone. Their mission: bring the transformative power of design everywhere. You can learn about their exhibitions, events, magazine, and more. www.designmuseumfoundation.org
BIF, As a purpose-driven firm, BIF is committed to bringing design strategy where it is needed most - health care, education, and public service to create value for our most vulnerable populations. www.bif.is
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Origins of Social Media
Social media connects friends and strangers as never before. Cornell’s Lee Humphreys, author of The Qualified Self, joins Dirk and Jon to explore centuries-old social traditions now updated for a world of mobile and AI technology.
Author of The Qualified Self and Cornell University Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Lee Humphreys joins Dirk and Jon to explore the past of social communication in order to better understand its present and future. We learn how ancient technologies like fans and old traditions like diarying frame modern social media and communication less as a revolution and more like an update for the digital age.
Memorable Quotes
"As long as users are only on phones, they will at best be consumers of the technology and not developers or producers of it."
"Throughout much of the 19th century, diaries were also shared. So people would come visit and you might sit down and look through your diary together."
"Machines have a difficult time interpreting power."
"I do not think voice UI is going to have much of a future in public spaces."
"As we diversify the builders. the designers, the coders of these technologies, we will see greater diversity in the potential audiences and users that they can serve."
"I would define communication as the exchange of social meaning."
Who You'll Hear
Dirk Knemeyer, Social Futurist and Producer of Creative Next (@dknemeyer)
Jonathan Follett, Writer, Electronic Musician, Emerging Tech Researcher and Producer of Creative Next (@jonfollett)
Lee Humphries, Author of The Qualified Self and Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Cornell University (@LeeHumphreys)
Join The Conversation
Website & Newsletter: www.creativenext.org
Twitter: @GoCreativeNext
Facebook: /GoCreativeNext
Instagram: @GoCreativeNext
Sponsors
GoInvo, A design practice dedicated to innovation in healthcare whose clients are as varied as AstraZeneca, 3M Health Information Services, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. www.goinvo.com
Design Museum Foundation, A new kind of museum, they believe design can change the world. They’re online, nomadic, and focused on making design accessible to everyone. Their mission: bring the transformative power of design everywhere. You can learn about their exhibitions, events, magazine, and more. www.designmuseumfoundation.org
BIF, As a purpose-driven firm, BIF is committed to bringing design strategy where it is needed most - health care, education, and public service to create value for our most vulnerable populations. www.bif.is
Next Episode
AI & Augmented Storytelling
Artificial intelligence already writes stock and minor league sports blurbs. Is storytelling next? AI researcher Snigdha Chaturvedi joins Dirk and Jon to share her research projects developing AI augmented storytelling tools.
AI researcher Snigdha Chaturvedi joins Dirk and Jon to share details from her research projects over the years, building toward AI that can eventually tell original stories. We learn about challenges faced in her work, limitations with the current technology, and how AI storytelling with augment professional writers and amateur non-writers in the near future.
Memorable Quotes
"The creativity and expertise of AI-based generation system would enable amateur writers to express themselves in an interesting and professional manner. So, essentially, everybody could be a writer."
"AI writing will certainly make the job of professional writers much easier."
"If you want your newsfeed to know what kind of relations you are in with different people and then present only those things that are of interest to that specific relationship, the algorithm that is generating that newsfeed needs to be aware of the type of relationship that you have with your dad versus the type of relationship that you have with your colleague."
"We are trying to make a machine collaborate with humans to generate a short story."
"The mathematical representations make it difficult for even human experts or scientists to decipher how exactly the system is working."
Who You'll Hear
Dirk Knemeyer, Social Futurist and Producer of Creative Next (@dknemeyer)
Jonathan Follett, Writer, Electronic Musician, Emerging Tech Researcher and Producer of Creative Next (@jonfollett)
Snigdha Chaturvedi, AI Researcher, [email protected]
Join The Conversation
Website & Newsletter: www.creativenext.org
Twitter: @GoCreativeNext
Facebook: /GoCreativeNext
Instagram: @GoCreativeNext
Sponsors
GoInvo, A design practice dedicated to innovation in healthcare whose clients are as varied as AstraZeneca, 3M Health Information Services, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. www.goinvo.com
Design Museum Foundation, A new kind of museum, they believe design can change the world. They’re online, nomadic, and focused on making design accessible to everyone. Their mission: bring the transformative power of design everywhere. You can learn about their exhibitions, events, magazine, and more. www.designmuseumfoundation.org
BIF, As a purpose-driven firm, BIF is committed to bringing design strategy where it is needed most - health care, education, and public service to create value for our most vulnerable populations. www.bif.is
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