Chris Manning: Computational Linguistics Is Now an AI Pillar
chrmanning · x · 2026-07-06
Stanford's Chris Manning echoes sentiments from ACL: in the era of LLMs, computational linguistics has become a core pillar of AI, yet it fundamentally remains a branch of linguistics. He stresses that ACL must maintain its focus on human language itself—a commitment most evident in various workshops, though sometimes less prominent in the main conference poster sessions.
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