The elusive goal of machine translation
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Statistical machine translation methods have proved to be more effective than other types of automated machine translations based on rules written by human translators. The new methods take advantage of the brute-force calculating power of machines to crunch through existing translated texts to determine the probability that a word or a phrase in one language matches that in other.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2006
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2001: A Scorecard
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The year 2001 has arrived, but the 'HAL' computer, featured in film '2001: A Space Odyssey,' has not been created. Arthur C. Clarke, the film's author, comments on the writing of the screenplay.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
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Talking to Bill
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Bill Gates the founder of Microsoft speaks on topic ranging from artificial intelligence to the value of basic research. He shares his opinions on computer science and jobs related to it.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
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