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Understanding natural language understanding

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Understanding natural language understanding/ by Erik Cambria.
Author:	Cambria, Erik.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland : : 2025.,
Description:	xviii, 500 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Natural language processing (Computer science) -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-73974-3
ISBN:	9783031739743

Understanding natural language understanding
Cambria, Erik.

Understanding natural language understanding[electronic resource] /by Erik Cambria. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025. - xviii, 500 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- 1. Natural Language Understanding & AI -- 2. Syntactics Processing -- 3. Semantics Processing -- 4. Pragmatics Processing -- 5. Knowledge Representation & Reasoning -- 6. Conclusion.

About half a century ago, AI pioneers like Marvin Minsky embarked on the ambitious project of emulating how the human mind encodes and decodes meaning. While today we have a better understanding of the brain thanks to neuroscience, we are still far from unlocking the secrets of the mind, especially when it comes to language, the prime example of human intelligence. "Understanding natural language understanding", i.e., understanding how the mind encodes and decodes meaning through language, is a significant milestone in our journey towards creating machines that genuinely comprehend human language. Large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 have astounded us with their ability to generate coherent, contextually relevant text, seemingly bridging the gap between human and machine communication. Yet, despite their impressive capabilities, these models operate on statistical patterns rather than true comprehension. This textbook delves into the nuanced differences between these two paradigms and explores the future of AI as we strive to achieve true natural language understanding (NLU). LLMs excel at identifying and replicating patterns within vast datasets, producing responses that appear intelligent and meaningful. They can generate text that mimics human writing styles, provide summaries of complex documents, and even engage in extended dialogues with users. However, their limitations become evident when they encounter tasks that require deeper understanding, reasoning, and contextual knowledge. An NLU system that deconstructs meaning leveraging linguistics and semiotics (on top of statistical analysis) represents a more profound level of language comprehension. It involves understanding context in a manner similar to human cognition, discerning subtle meanings, implications, and nuances that current LLMs might miss or misinterpret. NLU grasps the semantics behind words and sentences, comprehending synonyms, metaphors, idioms, and abstract concepts with precision. This textbook explores the current state of LLMs, their capabilities and limitations, and contrasts them with the aspirational goals of NLU. The author delves into the technical foundations required for achieving true NLU, including advanced knowledge representation, hybrid AI systems, and neurosymbolic integration, while also examining the ethical implications and societal impacts of developing AI systems that genuinely understand human language. Containing exercises, a final assignment and a comprehensive quiz, the textbook is meant as a reference for courses on information retrieval, AI, NLP, data analytics, data mining and more.

ISBN: 9783031739743

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-73974-3doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

931367
Natural language processing (Computer science)

LC Class. No.: QA76.9.N38 / .C363 2025

Dewey Class. No.: 006.35

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