NLP Tutorial: Introduction to Natural Language Processing in Python

Name: NLP Tutorial: Introduction to Natural Language Processing in Python
Uploaded: 2023-06-24 14:25:14
Description: Natural language processing (NLP) is a field in computer science and AI that enables machines to understand human language and has various applications such as auto-completing sentences, spam filtering, chatbots, voice assistants, and more, offering high-paying career opportunities.

This article is a summary of a YouTube video "Introduction | NLP Tutorial For Beginners In Python - Season 1 Episode 1" by codebasics

TLDR Natural language processing (NLP) is a field in computer science and AI that enables machines to understand human language and has various applications such as auto-completing sentences, spam filtering, chatbots, voice assistants, and more, offering high-paying career opportunities.

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This NLP tutorial series has received overwhelming support from viewers, indicating a growing interest in the field of natural language processing.
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NLP is impacting our daily lives through real-life use cases, and understanding its applications can provide valuable insights into the industry.
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NLP is used in spam filters to identify and filter out commercial spam emails based on certain keywords and machine learning classification models.
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Chatbots are becoming a big use case in NLP, with the ability to interpret language and derive intent to respond to customer questions on their own.
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Voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant are becoming increasingly powerful, with the ability to provide personalized assistance such as suggesting the best time to leave for a meeting based on traffic.
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NLP allows computers to better understand human language and assist in language-related tasks, expanding their capabilities beyond traditional numerical tasks.
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The focus in NLP should be on solving problems and using the best tools available, rather than getting bogged down in learning multiple libraries.
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NLP roles are high paying, with potential earnings ranging from $100,000 to $650,000 per year in the US and 10 lakh rupees to one crore rupees per year in India.

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This tutorial series on natural language processing in Python will provide easy-to-understand explanations, hands-on coding exercises, and end-to-end projects.
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This video series will cover building an end-to-end NLP application, featuring expert talks and practical tips from the authors of the "Practical Natural Language Processing" book.
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NLP is used in Gmail to auto-complete sentences and in spam filters to identify and filter out spam messages based on specific keywords and machine learning classification models.
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Chatbots are a popular use case in NLP, as they can interpret and respond to customer service messages, connecting to human assistance when necessary.
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Voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant are becoming powerful tools that can provide helpful information and assistance, while Google search now uses NLP and the BERT language model to provide more accurate and precise answers to user queries.
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NLP is a field in computer science and AI that enables machines to understand human language and assist in language-related tasks, such as automated news generation, using libraries like spaCy, Gensim, NLTK, scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Hugging Face.
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We will take a practical approach in this tutorial, using the most suitable library to solve each problem and focusing on finding the best solution rather than using multiple libraries.
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There are three high-paying career opportunities in the field of NLP: data scientist specializing in NLP, NLP engineer, and NLP researcher.