IDG Contributor Network: Natural language processing and the promise of limitless knowledge management

The significance of natural language processing
Natural language processing (NLP) is currently gaining and maintaining widespread attention, generally in relation to its significance to the continued development of ever more advanced artificial intelligence, or AI.This is for good reason; historically, natural language, although easily understood by human beings, has been an unprecedented navigational challenge for computers. However, although the degree is up for debate, there is no question t