“Computers Figuring Out What Words Mean”
Agence France-Presse (a global news agency) filed a great report after interviewing Cognition CEO, Scott Jarus.
Here’s a snippet:
“We have taught the computer virtually all the meanings of words and phrases in the English language,” Cognition chief executive Scott Jarus told AFP.
“This is clearly a building block for Web 3.0, or what is known as the Semantic Web. It has taken 30 years; it is a labor of love,” Jarus said.
The semantic map is reportedly the world’s largest, and gives computers a vocabulary more than 10 times as extensive as that of a typical US college graduate.
The coming third generation of life online is predicted to feature intuitive artificial intelligence applications that work swiftly across broadband Internet connections.
Read the entire article here.
Tags: Cognition, Semantic NLP, Semantic Web, Semantics, Web 3.0