Niels Ott

Computational Linguist

CL Blogs and a New Name

Monday, February 16. 2009 • Category: Automatic Mind • Comments (2) • Trackbacks (0)

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Marveling at Jason Adam's collection of computational linguistics blogs, I noticed that CL Blog is a rather dull name for a blog. It somehow felt like naming a newspaper Newspaper. Back then I decided that this blog needs a new name. I just renamed it to Automatic Mind. The term actually is related to Dual Process Theory and refers to the fact that we can simultaneously walk and talk, or perform other tasks of which one is conscious and the other one subconscious. Then again, it also refers to computational linguistics. The human mind can process language. The computer maybe can – a little bit. What we need or dream of is an automatic mind.

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  1. Jason Adams on 2009-02-16 16:17: Yeah, I like the new name a lot better. :-) Updated my list to reflect it.
  2. Torsten on 2009-02-16 16:24: But can you calculate in your head and talk (meaningfully) at the same time?


    See, that's why computers will never talk.

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