Natural Language Processing (NLP)
This lesson introduces natural language processing (NLP), the field in which machines develop the capability to understand and manipulate human language. Students explore how computers process language, identify patterns within text, and power applications like voice assistants, grammar checkers, and large language models.
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What is natural language processing (NLP)?
Natural language processing is the field in which machines develop the capability to understand and manipulate human language. It enables computers to understand and interact with human language, opening doors to a world of possibilities.
How does natural language processing work?
Language is broken down into tokens so computers can process it more easily. Machine learning algorithms are trained on massive amounts of data to identify patterns and relationships within language, and the processed information is used to generate human-like responses.
Where is natural language processing used?
Natural language processing powers applications including voice assistants, grammar checkers, market intelligence, and large language models that perform general-purpose language generation tasks like classification.
What NLP projects will students explore?
Students explore NLP through projects such as language translation, chatbot assistants, job recommenders, and sentiment analysis on social media using VADER.
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