Parsey What?

Google has been promoting natural language understanding with the open-sourcing of SyntaxNet, a neural network framework, and Parsey McParseface. This interesting information came to us from DATAVERSITY in their article, “Google Promotes Natural Language Understanding with Open Source Projects.” Parsey McParseface is more than just a cute moniker; it is built on machine learning algorithms that learn…

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Understanding the Conversation

Semantics are the meaning of words. In information management, machine-learning refers to technology learning these semantics or natural language processing. The Hutchinson News brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Recognizing the importance of words.” With both technology and human conversation, the meaning of words can result in misunderstandings. There are few better examples…

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What’s In A Name?

Artificial intelligence (AI) applications are already used in most industries. It may still feel like science fiction, but in reality for a system to be artificially intelligent it needs to be able to think like humans. This is why most computer scientists prefer the term “machine learning.” This interesting information came to us from Marketing Mag in…

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Watson: Fan or Foe?

Months after the event, experts continue to ponder how and why Watson was able to trump two human competitors on the television game show, Jeopardy. They also muse on the attention this event has brought back to IBM.

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