Developments in Artificial Intelligence and Linguistics

Chatbots leverage two technologies: artificial intelligence (AI) and linguistics. We explored some concepts and historical developments in computing in the previous chapter. Now it’s time to take a deep look into the fascinating world of AI. The two main topics in this chapter will be the main techniques inside natural language processing (NLP) and the basics of linguistics. We’ll be traveling in time into the near future as well, peeking at some of the possibilities of quantum computing as it pertains to AI.