Is Linguistics Missing from NLP Research? w/ Emily M. Bender - #376 🦜

The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)

Episode | Podcast

Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 15:19:21 -0000

Today we’re joined by Emily M. Bender, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington. Our discussion covers a lot of ground, but centers on the question, "Is Linguistics Missing from NLP Research?" We explore if we would be making more progress, on more solid foundations, if more linguists were involved in NLP research, or is the progress we're making (e.g. with deep learning models like Transformers) just fine?