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True, many people know english, but that doesn't mean they know statistics or some other complex domain. "Show me a k-means cluster of this dataset", is likely to be parsed but not understood by many english speakers.


Fortunately, Duplex's purpose is booking salon appointments, not to provide a conversation partner about statistical theory.


I was attempting to communicate to the parent and grandparent that transcribing/parsing english and communication are different. We both need to share the model being spoken of to transfer or communicate the knowledge.


yep, english is the protocol (like http) and the domain in question (for example booking an appointment) defines the (very loose) api


My god no one in this thread has a clue about the complexities of natural language. English is not a protocol like HTTP, it's a natural language.


I think you may be confused. I suspect everyone in the thread knows that English is a natural language.


Optional functionality :P




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