I read a fascinating publication by Cambridge Quantum Computing using DisCoCat to model the interaction between language structure and meaning. What struck me about this work was the practicality of the use-case, escaping the well-worn path of sensationalism we so often encounter with quantum computing headlines. Instead, the researchers state a sober hypothesis:
“The true origin of this model was a purely practical concern, namely, it provided an answer to an important open question in the field of NLP: If we know the meanings of words, can we compute the meaning of a sentence that is made up of these…
A short story about doing nothing in the age of doing everything.
When Dan did things he did them not to die. Standing 5-foot average and weighing a hundred and median, Dan was as forgettable as he forgot about the things in his life. His hair sat in no particular direction, like a Lego hairpiece. His jaw could be chiseled from rock or molded from Play-Doh, you wouldn’t know unless you peeled back his chubby cheeks to take a look.
Dan was a Boy Scout once, a year away from Eagle when he met a man named Chad. Chad took…
Nathan Staffel
Data Science Consultant. Former FBI Agent. Writer and explorer of emerging technology.
