Language technologies and artificial intelligence are rapidly transforming the workplace. New services emerge almost every day, but what are the principles behind machines (and brains) that can talk? This book takes you behind the headlines and into the core of the technology. It explains how machines learn to speak, how this relates to language in humans, and what the implications are for organisations and management.

Language technologies and artificial intelligence are rapidly transforming the workplace. New services emerge almost every day, but what are the principles behind machines (and brains) that can talk? This book takes you behind the headlines and into the core of the technology. It explains how machines learn to speak, how this relates to language in humans, and what the implications are for organisations and management.