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The transfer of all linguistic and world-knowledge to computers<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_5,1_5,1_5,1_5,1_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” animation_style=”zoom” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Linguistic & world, knowledge, Algorithms” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||fa||900″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” animation_style=”zoom” animation_duration=”2000ms” animation_delay=”1000ms” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_icon font_icon=”$||divi||400″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_icon][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” animation_style=”zoom” animation_duration=”3000ms” animation_delay=”2000ms” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Humans encoding NLP++” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||fa||900″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” animation_style=”zoom” animation_duration=”4000ms” animation_delay=”3000ms” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_icon font_icon=”$||divi||400″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_icon][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” animation_style=”zoom” animation_duration=”5000ms” animation_delay=”4000ms” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”NLP Blockchain” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||fa||900″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ specialty=”on” admin_label=”Timeline” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#efefef” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”100px” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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Linguistic Revolutions<\/h1>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”23px” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Read David de Hilster’s seminal blog: NLP++: The Next Revolution in Human Language<\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ specialty_columns=”2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||30px|false|false” border_color_all=”#e94558″ border_width_left=”2px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”1st Linguistic Revolution” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”^||divi||400″ icon_color=”#8300E9″ image_icon_background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”40px” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ header_level=”h5″ header_font=”Oswald|||on|||||” header_text_color=”#8300E9″ header_line_height=”1.4em” body_font=”Merriweather|700|||||||” body_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”20px” body_line_height=”1.8em” custom_margin=”|||-51px|false|false” body_font_size_tablet=”18px” body_font_size_phone=”16px” body_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” icon_font_size=”40px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Writing Systems<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_icon font_icon=”||fa||900″ icon_width=”50px” align=”left” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_icon][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_line_height=”1.8em” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Humans could now record their language and knowledge so that it could be passed on from generation to generation.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||30px|false|false” border_color_all=”#e94558″ border_width_left=”2px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”2nd Linguistic Revolution” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”^||divi||400″ icon_color=”#8300E9″ icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”40px” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ header_level=”h5″ header_font=”Oswald|||on|||||” header_text_color=”#8300E9″ header_line_height=”1.4em” body_font=”Merriweather|700|||||||” body_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”20px” body_line_height=”1.8em” custom_margin=”|||-51px|false|false” body_font_size_tablet=”18px” body_font_size_phone=”16px” body_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” icon_font_size=”40px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Printing Press<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_icon font_icon=”||fa||900″ icon_width=”50px” align=”left” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_icon][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_line_height=”1.8em” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Language and knowledge were now available to the masses.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||30px|false|false” border_color_all=”#e94558″ border_width_left=”2px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”3rd Linguistic Revolution” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”^||divi||400″ icon_color=”#8300E9″ icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”40px” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ header_level=”h5″ header_font=”Oswald|||on|||||” header_text_color=”#8300E9″ header_line_height=”1.4em” body_font=”Merriweather|700|||||||” body_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”20px” body_line_height=”1.8em” custom_margin=”|||-51px|false|false” body_font_size_tablet=”18px” body_font_size_phone=”16px” body_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” icon_font_size=”40px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Unabridged Dictionary<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_icon font_icon=”||fa||900″ icon_width=”50px” align=”left” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_icon][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_line_height=”1.8em” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]

The first comprehensive collection of all the words and their meanings.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||30px|false|false” border_color_all=”#e94558″ border_width_left=”2px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”4th Linguistic Revolution” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”^||divi||400″ icon_color=”#8300E9″ icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”40px” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ header_level=”h5″ header_font=”Oswald|||on|||||” header_text_color=”#8300E9″ header_line_height=”1.4em” body_font=”Merriweather|700|||||||” body_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”20px” body_line_height=”1.8em” custom_margin=”|||-51px|false|false” body_font_size_tablet=”18px” body_font_size_phone=”16px” body_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” icon_font_size=”40px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Language has rules<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_icon font_icon=”||divi||400″ icon_width=”50px” align=”left” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_icon][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_line_height=”1.8em” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Noam Chomsky shows that human language is rule-based.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||30px|false|false” border_color_all=”#e94558″ border_width_left=”2px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”5th Linguistic Revolution” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”^||divi||400″ icon_color=”#8300E9″ icon_placement=”left” image_icon_width=”40px” content_max_width=”100%” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ header_level=”h5″ header_font=”Oswald|||on|||||” header_text_color=”#8300E9″ header_line_height=”1.4em” body_font=”Merriweather|700|||||||” body_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”20px” body_line_height=”1.8em” custom_margin=”|||-51px|false|false” body_font_size_tablet=”18px” body_font_size_phone=”16px” body_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” icon_font_size=”40px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Great Digital Migration<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_icon font_icon=”||fa||900″ icon_width=”50px” align=”left” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_icon][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=”1_2″ saved_specialty_column_type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_line_height=”1.8em” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Language, knowledge and their rules are migrated to computers.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.55)” background_image=”https:\/\/nlp.foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-professor-and-the-madman.webp” background_blend=”overlay” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”25px” hover_enabled=”0″ text_text_shadow_style=”preset1″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

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Both The Professor and the Madman<\/em><\/a><\/span> and the NLP Blockchain project’s “Great Digital Migration” focus on preserving and organizing language through decentralized collaboration. The film shows how contributors built the Oxford English Dictionary from scattered texts, while the blockchain project aims to digitize and secure linguistic data globally.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Without NLP++ and human ingenuity, the Great Digital Migration would not be possible<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”NLP++ Language” image=”https:\/\/nlp.foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/NLPppLogo.png” image_icon_width=”34%” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#0C71C3″ global_colors_info=”{}”]

NLP++ is the only computer programming language specifically created for writing programs that can read and understand text like humans.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Human Ingenuity” image=”https:\/\/nlp.foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KB.png” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|700|||||||” header_text_color=”#0C71C3″ global_colors_info=”{}”]

Whereas ChatGPT uses enormous amounts of text on which to train, NLP++ uses human ingenuity to create systems that can handle the wide variety of variations found in language.<\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n

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