Conversation with Elsa Sklavounou on unlocking the global understanding of Natural Language Processing

This is the fifth episode of the podcast on technology and the impact of technology on our both social and economical lives, hosted by Maciej Szczerba. In this episode, Maciej speaks with Elsa Sklavounou. Elsa is an expert on Natural Language Processing (NLP), a researcher in the area of linguistics and computational linguistics (PhD), VP of AI Alliances, Global Partnerships - Content Technology at RWS Group. In the interview, Maciej and Elsa  discuss: What is the history of Natural Language Processing? (1:49) The philosophical concept of language as the communication code (2:42) Enigma as the first language processing machine  (04:00) There are several languages typical for specific knowledge fields, like the English language of medicine, law, electronics or finance. (14:00) Did the explosion of data and the cloud revolution in technology change the game in NLP?  (15:00) The digital inclusivity and the content speed  (20:20) What is  GPT-3?  (23:00) Humanising the technology, communicating with machines and the role of the context  (26:48) The role of machine learning models in NLP (30:00) Will the AI-written content redirect our thinking? (40:00) Will the manual translation die?  (50:57) Is the awareness among large corporates that there are huge risks of not using specialized translation these days?  (57:00) Links: Elsa Sklavounou  on Linkedin Maciej Szczerba on Linkedin