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Natural Language Generation: The Science of Making Computers Talk
Natural Language Generation (NLG) is a fascinating subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) that gives computers the ability to produce human-like text or speech. In essence, it’s the process of turning structured data into a narrative that is easy for people to understand. NLG is the driving force behind many of the AI interactions we experience daily, from the friendly voice of a virtual assistant to the automated creation of news articles and financial reports.
At its core, NLG is the counterpart to Natural Language Understanding (NLU). While NLU focuses on a computer’s ability to comprehend human language, NLG is all about the computer’s capacity to generate it. Together, they form the backbone of Natural Language Processing (NLP), the broader field of AI that enables machines to understand, interpret, and generate human language.