Meet the Crossword-playing Machine - DZone IoT

Researchers have made tremendous progress in recent times in the ability of machines to understand the nuances of our language. For instance, we've seen machines developed that are capable of understanding things such as empathy, sarcasm, humor, and a range of other emotions. This understanding has even been compiled together to have machines automate the speech writing process (although the speaking part remains a challenge). A recent international team believe that a simple crossword puzzle can help us to develop robots with even greater language processing capabilities. Their recent study hypothesizes that if we can develop machines capable of understanding crossword clues, then it will go a long way to helping them understanding the complexities of human language.