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The mystical Kabbalah roots of natural language processing

With Siri and Alexa, the computer science of natural language processing (NLP) is finally ready for prime time. In IEEE Spectrum, Oscar Schwartz wrote a fascinating essay linking NLP, "linguistic interactions between humans and machines," with 13th century Jewish mysticism. I've always enjoyed smart writing that pulls threads between technology and occult practices, and Schwartz's ...

Google’s new voice recognition system works instantly and offline (if you have a Pixel)

Voice recognition is a standard part of the smartphone package these days, and a corresponding part is the delay while you wait for Siri, Alexa, or Google to return your query, either correctly interpreted or horribly mangled. Google's latest speech recognition works entirely offline, eliminating that delay altogether — though of course mangling is still ...

Lilt is building a machine translation business with humans at the core

The ability to quickly and automatically translate anything you see using a web service is a powerful one, yet few expect much from it other than a tolerable version of a foreign article, menu, or street sign. Shouldn't this amazing tool be put to better use? It can be, and a company called Lilt is ...

Facebook open sources PyText NLP framework

Facebook AI Research is open sourcing some of the conversational AI tech it is using to power its Portal video chat display and M suggestions on Facebook Messenger. The company announced today that its PyTorch-based PyText NLP framework is now available to developers. Natural language processing deals with how systems parse human language and are ...

Chorus.ai rings up $33M for its platform that analyses sales calls to close more deals

Chorus.ai, a service that listens to sales calls in real time, and then transcribes and analyses them to give helpful tips to the salesperson, has raised $33 million to double down on the current demand for more AI-based tools in the enterprise. The Series B is being led by Georgian Partners, with participation also from ...

Ultimate.ai nabs $1.3M for a customer service AI focused on non-English markets

For customer service, Ultimate.ai‘s thesis is it’s not humans or AI but humans and AI. The Helsinki- and Berlin-based startup has built an AI-powered suggestion engine that, once trained on clients’ data-sets, is able to provide real-time help to (human) staff dealing with customer queries via chat, email and social channels. So the AI layer ...

Using Hypnotism To Beat Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

09.08.2011 · Posted in Sleeping Disorders Articles

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) occurs as a result damage to lung tissue. Asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema are all forms of COPD. Individuals with COPD must quit smoking to make their life livable. This article reviews the most effective ways to accomplish this objective. ...

How To Quit Cigarettes – Separate The BS From The Facts

09.05.2011 · Posted in Smoking Articles

Many state governments have outlawed smoking in public areas. For this reason, many smokers have started to search for the swiftest and simplest strategy to stop smoking. Numerous strategies describe ways to stop smoking. Read here to separate the fiction from the truth. ...

Ways To Stop Smoking – Separate The BS From The Truth

09.05.2011 · Posted in Health Articles

Many state governments have curtailed smoking in public areas. As a result, large numbers of smokers are actively searching for the quickest and simplest method of quitting smoking. A seemingly endless number of organizations claim they have the best way to stop smoking. Let me help you sort the fallacies from the facts. ...