Edward Gibson

As a kid in school, when we had to structure sentences in English grammar, I found that process interesting. I found it confusing as to what it was I was told to do. I didn't understand what the theory was behind it, but I found it very interesting.

As a kid in school, when we had to structure sentences in English grammar, I found that process interesting. I found it confusing as to what it was I was told to do. I didn't understand what the theory was behind it, but I found it very interesting.

As a kid in school, when we had to structure sentences in English grammar, I found that process interesting. I found it confusing as to what it was I was told to do. I didn't understand what the theory was behind it, but I found it very interesting.

Yeah, I think that's right. I didn't know I was going to work on this at all at that point. I was really just... I was kind of a math geek person, computer scientist. I really liked computer science. And then I found... Language is a neat puzzle to work on from an engineering perspective, actually.

Yeah, I think that's right. I didn't know I was going to work on this at all at that point. I was really just... I was kind of a math geek person, computer scientist. I really liked computer science. And then I found... Language is a neat puzzle to work on from an engineering perspective, actually.

Yeah, I think that's right. I didn't know I was going to work on this at all at that point. I was really just... I was kind of a math geek person, computer scientist. I really liked computer science. And then I found... Language is a neat puzzle to work on from an engineering perspective, actually.

I sort of accidentally decided after I finished my undergraduate degree, which was computer science and math in Canada and Queen's University, I decided to go to grad school. That's what I always thought I would do. And I went to Cambridge, where they had a master's program in computational linguistics. And I hadn't taken a single language class before.

I sort of accidentally decided after I finished my undergraduate degree, which was computer science and math in Canada and Queen's University, I decided to go to grad school. That's what I always thought I would do. And I went to Cambridge, where they had a master's program in computational linguistics. And I hadn't taken a single language class before.

I sort of accidentally decided after I finished my undergraduate degree, which was computer science and math in Canada and Queen's University, I decided to go to grad school. That's what I always thought I would do. And I went to Cambridge, where they had a master's program in computational linguistics. And I hadn't taken a single language class before.

All I'd taken was CS, computer science, math classes, pretty much, mostly, as an undergrad. And I just thought, oh, this was an interesting thing to do for a year, because it was a single-year program. And then I end up spending my whole life doing it.

All I'd taken was CS, computer science, math classes, pretty much, mostly, as an undergrad. And I just thought, oh, this was an interesting thing to do for a year, because it was a single-year program. And then I end up spending my whole life doing it.

All I'd taken was CS, computer science, math classes, pretty much, mostly, as an undergrad. And I just thought, oh, this was an interesting thing to do for a year, because it was a single-year program. And then I end up spending my whole life doing it.

As an engineer, I'd say, I mean, to be frank, I had taken an AI class, I guess it was 83 or 84, 85, somewhere 84 in there a long time ago. And there was a natural language section in there. And it didn't impress me. I thought there must be more interesting things we can do. It didn't seem very, it seemed just a bunch of... to me. It didn't seem like a real theory of things in any way.

As an engineer, I'd say, I mean, to be frank, I had taken an AI class, I guess it was 83 or 84, 85, somewhere 84 in there a long time ago. And there was a natural language section in there. And it didn't impress me. I thought there must be more interesting things we can do. It didn't seem very, it seemed just a bunch of... to me. It didn't seem like a real theory of things in any way.

As an engineer, I'd say, I mean, to be frank, I had taken an AI class, I guess it was 83 or 84, 85, somewhere 84 in there a long time ago. And there was a natural language section in there. And it didn't impress me. I thought there must be more interesting things we can do. It didn't seem very, it seemed just a bunch of... to me. It didn't seem like a real theory of things in any way.

And so I just thought this seemed like an interesting area where there wasn't enough good work.

And so I just thought this seemed like an interesting area where there wasn't enough good work.

And so I just thought this seemed like an interesting area where there wasn't enough good work.

I mean, I probably did, but I wasn't as interested in it. I was trying to do the easier problems first, the ones I could, thought maybe were handleable, which seems like the syntax is easier, which is just the forms as opposed to the meaning. When you're starting to talk about the meaning, that's a very hard problem, and it still is a really, really hard problem. But the forms is easier.

I mean, I probably did, but I wasn't as interested in it. I was trying to do the easier problems first, the ones I could, thought maybe were handleable, which seems like the syntax is easier, which is just the forms as opposed to the meaning. When you're starting to talk about the meaning, that's a very hard problem, and it still is a really, really hard problem. But the forms is easier.