Knowing the working concept of AI communication/ Natural Language Understanding

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Artificial intelligence has generated numerous subfields, one of which is natural language understanding. This subfield employs computer software to understand input provided in the form of sentences via text, speech, or both.

The NLU system permits interaction between humans and computers. The ability of computers to comprehend human languages, such as English, Spanish, and French, for example, is what enables them to interpret commands even in the absence of the codified syntax of computer languages. In addition, NLU enables computers to communicate back to people in the languages in which those people speak.

The primary objective of Natural Language Understanding is to develop voice- and text-enabled bots that are capable of engaging in unsupervised conversation with members of the general population. NLU projects are now being developed at a wide variety of businesses, including Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft, as well as startups.

In its most basic form, the process of a computer comprehending natural language can be broken down into the following steps:

In Natural Language Understanding (NLU), algorithms are used to convert human speech into a structured ontology, which is a data model that incorporates definitions of semantics and pragmatics. This is done so that the meaning of the data that is being analyzed may be determined. Natural language processing is built on many foundations, two of which are intent analysis and entity recognition.

The process of reading the mind of the user and deducing their purpose based on the text that they submit is referred to as "intent recognition." The meaning-establishing phase of natural language understanding (NLU) is the very first and most important part of the process because this phase is responsible for determining how a piece of text contributes to the overall meaning of the text.

Among the many varieties of natural language understanding, entity recognition is concerned with finding and highlighting the most pertinent details about the entities mentioned in a text. Named entities and numerical entities both exist. Persons, organizations, and geographic locations are only a few of the types of named things that can be classified. There is universal agreement on the meaning of numbers, money, and percentages.

Understanding the differences between Natural Language Understanding, Natural Language Processing, and Natural Language Generation

Natural language processing (NLP) includes the subfield of natural language understanding (NLU) (NLP). Natural language processing (NLP) is an attempt to decode the meaning of the content of a document, whereas natural language understanding (NLU) makes it possible for people and computers to have conversations in the same manner.

While both are capable of understanding spoken English, natural language understanding (NLU) learns to grasp the meaning of spoken English through interactions with people who have not received any specialized instruction. NLU is not only able to comprehend language and interpret meaning but it is also designed to comprehend meaning when presented with frequent human errors such as mispronunciations or transposed letters and words. NLU can do this because it is not only able to understand language, but it is also designed to understand the meaning.

The other branch of NLP deals with creating new languages. When compared to the traditional approach to computer-generated text, NLG, or natural language generation, is a radical departure since it allows computers to automatically generate text in natural language, emulating how humans speak to one another in everyday situations.

Unlike human-created works, computer-generated works lack the flow, emotion, and personality that make human-created works so interesting and engaging. In contrast, Natural Language Generation (NLG) can use Natural Language Processing to enable computers to generate text that appears to have been produced by a person in a manner that is akin to how a human would write. To this end, natural language processing (NLP) is employed to discover the approach most suited for creating the text in the user's native language after the core subject matter of the content has been identified. When selecting this option, the text will be created.

Using natural language generation (NLG), a computer may, for instance, compile information about an event and then automatically write a news piece about it. In addition, a computer may use NLG to generate a sales letter for a product based on a set of product characteristics. These two instances are only doable because of NLG usage.

Applications that utilize natural language understanding technology

Examples of software that is built to comprehend language in the same way as people do, rather than simply a set of keywords, are shown below. Speech recognition software that aims to bridge the gap between humans and computers, like Apple's Siri, is built on top of NLU.

• Interaction with a computerized system and the distribution of messages.

Self-service and call forwarding are only two of the many uses for Interactive Voice Response (IVR). In the beginning, there wasn't any artificial intelligence or even touchtones. However, thanks to developments in IVR technology like natural language processing and natural language understanding, users can now utilize their voices to engage with the phone system. The caller's likely intent is deduced from the caller's speech as it is processed by the system, which first translates the user's words to text and then analyzes the sentence's grammatical structure.

• Customer assistance and service.

Chatbots, or artificially intelligent computer programs that carry on conversations with humans through text or speech, are powered by natural language understanding (NLU). A chatbot will only respond to inquiries that fall inside its programming. Intelligent personal assistants like these may prove to be an asset in the field of customer service. For frequently asked questions, chatbots are one solution. To achieve this goal, NLU technology employs multiple stages, including feature extraction and categorization, entity linking, and knowledge management.

• Language translator.

Machine learning, or ML for short, is a branch of artificial intelligence that allows computers to acquire and modify skills and habits through exposure to and analysis of data. Machine learning algorithms also have applications in the synthesis of natural language text from scratch. To improve its translation abilities, a machine learning algorithm first analyzes millions of pages of text, such as legal contracts or financial documents. When more documents are reviewed, the translation becomes more accurate. Any time a user enters text into a machine translation tool, such as a dictionary, the tool will replace the user-entered text with an equivalent artificial language representation. On the other hand, when you use machine translation, it will look up the words while remembering the context, so you'll get a more accurate translation back.

• Receipt of Information.

Information is "captured" when it is gathered and recorded through a process known as "data capture." If an online retailer were to use NLU, for instance, it might have consumers provide shipping and paying details by voice. The computer would deduce what the user intended and enter the data without any intervention.

• Input methods based on conversation.

Natural language interaction is supported by a wide variety of voice-activated devices. Conversational user interfaces can comprehend human language and respond to it thanks to natural language understanding technology (NLU). NLU works by breaking down words and phrases, identifying syntax, and drawing inferences about purpose based on semantic information.

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References

Selig, Jay. “What Is NLU and How Is It Different From NLP? | Expert.ai | Expert.ai.” Expert.ai, 10 Apr. 2020, www.expert.ai/blog/natural-language-understanding-different-nlp.

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You are very correct my good friend. AI has really helped me to understand some languages in the world through translation. The impact of technology on our everyday life communication can never be forgotten.

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Thank you for stopping by. Indeed AI is a milestone today. Helping in many cases as far as this earth exists. Smile

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Did you noticed that you posted this twice?

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Opss, my bad. I'm aware but I literally forgot to delete the first one because after many trails to do that, peakd failed to update the transaction.. I will delete it now using other methods.
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Dear @jsalvage!
Is artificial intelligence being used to translate foreign languages?
Can you create artificial intelligence?

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Yes, you can use them for translation. Take for instance, your Google translator which enables you to translate

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