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Explore the key applications for which Natural Language Processing is commonly used! This phase is your comprehensive training ground, covering everything from text organization to overcoming linguistic challenges.
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In this video,
we'll dive into the core NLP tasks and
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explore how machines interpret,
categorize, and recreate the written word.
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Understanding these fundamental
tasks such as text classification,
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named entity recognition,
machine translation,
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and text summarization is essential
in mastering text analysis and
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deriving insights from the vast ocean
of digital information available today.
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Text classification, text classification
is the process of assigning tags or
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categories to text
according to its content.
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This is not merely a task but an entire
field of study within machine learning and
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natural language processing.
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Text classification encompasses
several major categories,
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each with its unique challenges and uses.
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Sentiment analysis, detecting if
a text's tone is positive, negative,
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or neutral is super valuable for
social media tracking and market research.
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Brands use this to sort customer feedback.
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Topic classification, here systems ID
the main theme or topic discussed.
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News sites leverage this to auto-tag
articles into sections like politics,
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business, sports.
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Email services also use it
to sort messages into tabs.
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Algorithms like Naive Bayes, SVM, and
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neural networks have different strengths
for handling text data's complexity.
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For example,
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neural networks rock at nuanced
classification across large datasets.
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Some practical examples of text
classification include classifying
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reviews.
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Businesses use text classification
to automatically sort customer
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feedback into positive,
negative, or neutral.
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Sorting news articles, news outlets can
automate the categorization of their
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content into appropriate sections.
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Email filtering, email services
use classification to identify and
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sort emails into categories like spam,
social, promotions, or primary inboxes.
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Named Entity Recognition,
Named Entity Recognition or NER,
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is a subtask of information extraction
that seeks to locate and classify elements
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in text into predefined categories,
such as people, names of individuals.
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Organizations, company, government,
or group names, locations,
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countries, cities, rivers, etc.
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The NER powers apps like search engines,
information extraction, and chatbots.
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Virtual assistants like Siri use it to
better understand user requests like call
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mom or how's the weather in Paris?
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Modern NER systems leverage deep
learning to improve accuracy.
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Notable examples include Google's BERT and
OpenAI's GPT models,
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which have set new standards in the field.
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Machine translation,
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machine translation automates text
conversion between languages.
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Advances in this field are breaking
down language barriers worldwide.
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The advancements in machine translation
have been remarkable in breaking down
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language barriers around the world.
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Rule-based and statistical machine
translation have been useful, but
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often fail to grasp the complexity and
ambiguity of human language.
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Rule-based translation relies on
linguistic rules to translate, but
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human language is complex and
ambiguous, so these systems often fail.
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Statistical machine translation analyzes
large bilingual text collections to
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automatically learn translation patterns.
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However, this method misses
contextual awareness.
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However, the advent of neural machine
translation has revolutionized the field
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by using deep neural networks to provide
contextually relevant translations
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in real-time.
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Services like Google Translate and DeepL
have set new standards in this field and
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have enabled communication
across different languages.
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Nonetheless, challenges like managing
ambiguities still need to be
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addressed to ensure accurate and
reliable translations.
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Text summarization, text summarization
aims to extract the most relevant info
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from a text and
condense it into a short summary.
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This practice is about keeping
the core insights and messages intact,
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while significantly reducing
the length of the text.
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There are two main techniques
utilized in text summarization.
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The first is extractive summarization,
which involves identifying and
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extracting pivotal phrases or
sentences straight from the original text.
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These selected snippets are then stitched
together to create a condensed version
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that reflects the original
content's key points.
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The second technique is
abstractive summarization.
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This is a more intricate process where the
aim is not just to extract key phrases but
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to construct new sentences.
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It often leverages sophisticated deep
learning models that attempt to understand
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the text similarly to how a human might,
producing summaries that
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may contain new phrases or sentences
not found in the source material.
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This approach tries to emulate how
a person might summarize information,
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resulting in a version that appears
more natural and can be easier to read.
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As these language processing
capabilities continue advancing,
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their integration into our digital
experiences will only accelerate,
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opening new possibilities for
human-computer communication.
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Text analysis serves as a crucial bridge
between the richness of human language and
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the capabilities of machines.
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Wow, NLP sure is used for a lot of tasks.
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In our next video, I'll showcase how
these tasks are used in our daily lives.
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I'll see you there.
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