Language is Hard for Machines

We have been led to believe that machine learning can solve any of our problems — and in some cases, it can. However, just because ML can do something, does not mean it is the ideal method. We see this all too often when it comes to natural language understanding and natural language processing.

While machine learning is capable of supporting selected language-intensive applications, it is limited from delivering optimal results. The common sense solution to this would be to find a technology that complements the existing AI framework with human knowledge, but far too often, common sense and finesse is tossed aside in favor of other brute force efforts.