Generative AI & LLMs
Natural language processing
The area of computing that works with human language, including reading, writing and speech.
Example
A service analyzes the topics and sentiment of written feedback.
Why people use it
It brings many language-related tasks under one field of computing.
What you'll hear
“We're using language tools to organize these messages.”
What this means for you
Identify the specific language task rather than treating NLP as one capability.
Can you control it?
Developer-only
The people building or running the AI choose this setup. An everyday user generally needs their help to change how this part works.
Common questions
- Is NLP only about chatbots?
- No. It also includes translation, extraction, classification and many other tasks.
- Does it cover spoken language too?
- Yes. Some tasks work with speech directly, while others work with a written transcript.
- Is performance equal across languages?
- No. Available examples, writing systems and language differences can lead to uneven results.