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The Evolution of Conversational AI | by Catherine Breslin

28Jul

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The Evolution of Conversational AI | by Catherine Breslin

Talking to machines through the yearsPhoto by Miryam León on UnsplashConversation comes naturally to us. It’s remarkable just how fluently we can converse on any number of topics, and adapt our style with ease to speak with any number of people.In contrast, our conversations with machines can be clumsy and stilted. Conversational AI has been a long-standing research topic, and much progress has been made over the last decades. There are some large-scale deployed systems that we’re able to interact with by language, both spoken and written, although I’m sure very few people would call the interactions natural. But whether it’s a task-based conversation like booking a travel ticket, or a social chatbot that makes small talk, we’ve seen continual evolution in the way the technology is built.T...

What are Large Language Models?. A look at LLMs and their popularity | by Catherine Breslin

12Jul

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What are Large Language Models?. A look at LLMs and their popularity | by Catherine Breslin

A look at LLMs and their popularityPhoto by Patrick Tomasso on UnsplashAdvances in natural language processing (NLP) have been in the news lately, with special attention paid to large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT-3. There have been some bold claims in the media — could models like this soon replace search engines or even master language?But what exactly are these large language models, and why are they suddenly so popular?What’s a language model?As humans, we’re pretty good at reading a passage and know where the author might be heading. Of course, we can’t predict exactly what the author will write next — there’s far too many options for that — but we notice abrupt changes or out-of-place words, and can make a stab at filling in endings of sentences. We intuitively know that a...