NLP Blockchain Harnesses Humans, Not Text
Northeastern University is launching an innovative, zero-credit course that leverages blockchain technology and the rule-based programming language NLP++ to build a decentralized, human-driven natural language processing ecosystem.
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NLP++ Version 3: Compiled Analyzers, Faster Execution, and Protected Code
Compiling NLP++ analyzers is now a single click. Version 3 brings native-code speed and lets you deploy analyzers without exposing your source.
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NLP++ in VS Code: Everything New in Version 3
Version 3 has been the biggest chapter yet for the NLP++ extension for Visual Studio Code. What started as a way to compile and run analyzers has grown into a complete development environment for the NLP++ language — with the kind of code intelligence you’d expect from a first-class programming language. […]
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Using Claude with NLP++
Yes, you can have Claude write NLP++ for you — and no, that doesn’t make it another black box. This step-by-step guide takes you from a blank machine to a working analyzer: install VS Code, add the NLP++ extension, run Claude Code, and use the built-in prompts to generate real, glass-box code. What you keep is deterministic, auditable, and runs on its own — no model required.
8 Weeks with Claude and NLP++
I spent the last 8 weeks using Claude to eventually replace Claude. Ironic…
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Every Way to Run an NLP++ Analyzer
One of the strengths of NLP++ is that once you’ve written an analyzer in the VisualText VS Code extension, you are not locked into a single way of running it. The same glass-box, 100% rule-based analyzer can be driven from Python, from Node.js, from TypeScript, or straight from the command […]
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Inside Version 3 of the VisualText NLP Engine: Compiled, Cloud-Built, on npm — and AI-Assisted
For most of its life, the NLP++ engine has been a powerful tool for writing rule-based analyzers — explainable, glass-box, and deterministic natural-language processing you can actually read, debug, and reproduce exactly. It has run on Windows, Linux, and macOS for years. What Version 3 changes is how you build, […]
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Why NLP++ Is the Only Technology That Can Ultimately Replace LLMs
LLMs guess. NLP++ understands. And that difference is exactly why NLP++ is the only technology positioned to eventually replace large language models in real‑world text processing. LLMs are probabilistic black boxes. They don’t know anything; they predict. They require teaming — layers of prompts, validators, guardrails, and secondary models — […]
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Comparing LLMs with NLP++
With our NLP++ textbook coming out world-wide this month (it may be already out by the time you read this), people are asking: what is the difference between LLMs and NLP++? Here is a first attempt of mine to explain. NLP++ and LLMs aren’t two approaches to the same problem. […]
The (Gen)erative (A)verage (I)ndustry
Our neural network brains are bamboozled by the “average”, but we “average” people are waking up. This explains why we are so easily fooled and how human ingenuity can get us out of this (A)verage (I)ndustry mess.
The Era of Shallow Thinking
In recent comment threads and after reading the ubiquitous posts on “AI” on LinkedIn, I have come to the revelation that we are living in the “era of shallow thinking”. And it is this problem that is holding us back from doing more “profound” things in computer science.
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Sachi Patel
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Niranjan Kumar Ilampooranan
Niranjan Kumar Ilampooranan recently earned his Master’s in Robotics Engineering from WPI, where he was also a graduate research assistant in the ELPIS (Efficient Learning and Planning for Intelligent Systems) lab. He is also a recipient of Dr. Glenn Yee Graduate Student Tuition Award, a scholarship awarded to outstanding robotics […]
NLP Blockchain Harnesses Humans, Not Text
Northeastern University is launching an innovative, zero-credit course that leverages blockchain technology and the rule-based programming language NLP++ to build a decentralized, human-driven natural language processing ecosystem.