natural language understanding
A subset of natural language processing that determines the intentions of something said or typed.
Plain English Explanation
A subset of natural language processing that determines the intentions of something said or typed. Natural language understanding can go beyond natural language processing to consider complex aspects of language like context, sarcasm, and sentiment.
How is it used?
Practitioners refer to natural language understanding when building, training, or evaluating machine learning systems. It appears in research papers, product documentation, and technical discussions about AI capabilities and limitations.