Natural language is ambiguous: one phrase often has multiple meanings. That’s the result of many thousands of years of evolution, and it’s actually very efficient. If we had to be always explicit, our phrases and sentences would be much, much longer — and boring. When A says something to B, A makes assumptions on B’s context, common sense,beliefs and knowledge. The verbal message itself just contains the minimum information needed, on top of this pre existing information, in order for B to get it.
Natural Language can be seen as a very efficient compression algorithm. The phrase the speaker chooses is the shortest message, given the context of the receiver.
Programming a computer with Natural Language is incredibly difficult, because Natural Language alone, without the context it is built upon, really lacks much of the information the computer needs to operate the program.
Natural Language can be seen as a very efficient compression algorithm. The phrase the speaker chooses is the shortest message, given the context of the receiver.
Programming a computer with Natural Language is incredibly difficult, because Natural Language alone, without the context it is built upon, really lacks much of the information the computer needs to operate the program.