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HAI Weekly Seminar with Percy Liang

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Past
Date
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PST/PDT
Topics
Natural Language Processing

Natural language promises to be the ultimate interface for interacting with computers, allowing users to effortlessly tap into the wealth of digital information and extract insights from it. 

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Speaker
Percy Liang
Percy Liang
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University | Director, Stanford Center for Research on Foundation Models | Senior Fellow, Stanford HAI

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