Understanding Large Language Models: Learning Their Underlying Concepts and Technologies

© The Author(s), under exclusive license to APress Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2023

T. AmaratungaUnderstanding Large Language Modelshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0017-7_2

2. NLP Through the Ages

Thimira Amaratunga¹  

(1)

Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

 

Natural language processing (NLP) is a subfield of artificial intelligence and computational linguistics. It focuses on enabling computers to understand, interpret, and generate human language in a way that is both meaningful and useful. The primary goal of NLP is to bridge the gap between human language and computer understanding, allowing machines to process, analyze, and respond to natural language data.

NLP is the heart of large language models (LLMs). LLMs would not exist without the concepts ...