Modeling Text as a Living Object

Summary

The InterText project, funded by the European Research Council, aims to advance NLP by developing a framework for modeling fine-grained relationships between texts. This approach enables tracing the origin and evolution of texts and ideas. Iryna Gurevych from the Technical University of Darmstadt presented the intertextual approach to NLP, covering data modeling, representation learning, and practical applications. Why it matters: This research could enable a new generation of AI applications for text work and critical reading, with potential applications in collaborative knowledge construction and document revision assistance.