Word Sense Disambiguation

The history and development of Artificial Intelligence has seen numerous peaks and troughs. Hype around what machines can accomplish lead to boosts in AI funding while unmet expectations cripple the industry until the next breakthrough. The term AI Winter refers to periods in history of reduced funding and interest in artificial intelligence development. During the cold war, there was an increased interest in Machine Translation to automate the translation of Russian documents into English. This time period also coincided with massive strides in linguistic developments and the early career of the famed linguist Noam Chomsky.