Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a subfield of Artificial Intelligence that focuses on the interaction between computers and humans through natural language. The goal of NLP is to enable computers to understand, interpret, and generate human language in a way that is both meaningful and useful.
NLP encompasses various tasks such as:
- Text Classification: Categorizing text into predefined categories (e.g., spam detection in emails).
- Sentiment Analysis: Determining the emotional tone behind a body of text (e.g., assessing customer feedback).
- Machine Translation: Automatically translating text from one language to another (e.g., Google Translate).
- Named Entity Recognition: Identifying and classifying key elements in text (e.g., recognizing names of people, organizations, or locations).
- Speech Recognition: Converting spoken language into text (e.g., voice assistants like Siri or Alexa).
- Chatbots: Creating conversational agents that can simulate human conversation (e.g., customer service bots).
These applications are widely used across various industries, including healthcare, finance, and entertainment, enabling more efficient communication and interaction between humans and machines.