Semantic Structures Rle Linguistics B Grammar Grammar Advances In Natural Language Processing Routledge Library Editions Linguistics

Natural language understanding is central to the goals of artificial intelligence. Any truly intelligent machine must be capable of carrying on a conversation: dialogue, particularly clarification dialogue, is essential if we are to avoid disasters caused by the misunderstanding of the intelligent interactive systems of the future. This book is an interim report on the grand enterprise of devising a machine that can use natural language as fluently as a human. What has really been achieved since this goal was first formulated in Turingâs famous test? What obstacles still need to be overcome?