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Spam or Not?

An AI can sort texts into groups by what is in them. That is part of language AI.

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What you'll learn in this level

  • How an AI sorts texts into groups that are fixed in advance
  • How it knows which signs belong to which group
  • What happens when it gets it wrong

Sorting Texts into Groups

An AI can sort texts into groups by what is in them. That is part of language AI.

That is how programs filter spam mail out. They sort news by topic. They read feedback from customers. And they spot which language a text is written in.

How an AI sorts texts

  1. Patterns

    The AI looks for patterns in the text. Certain words and sentence shapes are typical for a group.

  2. Groups

    You can sort by topic. Or by mood, by language and by how urgent something is.

  3. Learning

    The AI learns from thousands of examples. Each one says which group it belongs to.

  4. How sure?

    The AI adds a number to every result. It shows how sure the AI is about the group.

Soon you will sort texts yourself. Then you see how the AI sorts them.

Guess first, then experiment

Your spam AI throws an important mail into the spam folder. How bad is that next to spam that gets through?