Humans are good at conversations. We understand what someone means when they say something and can understand when a word like “bank” is used in the context of a financial institute or a river bank. We use the power of logical, linguistic, emotional reasoning and understanding in order to respond during conversations.
In order to get machines to truly understand natural language like we do, our first task is to teach them the meaning of words — a task that is easier said than done. The past couple of years has seen significant progress in this field.