Human Language Technology (HLT) cannot be “future proofed” because the target is organic, ever changing, human language. Like a weather forecast, a static model is only accurate at a point in time. What we need is the NLP equivalent of a weather app pulling in streaming live weather data. Adaptation is the future of HLT: continuously learning models that are quickly spun up with an annotation effort to “crawl”; then ada...

PRACTICAL AI FOR HUMAN LANGUAGE More than ever, it is imperative that intelligence systems stay on top of the increasing load of data. AI and machine learning are the only practical solution. This year’s Human Language Technology Conference brings together experts in computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, machine learning (ML), and data science to discuss their first-hand successes and failures and share lessons learned from...