From Word Vectors to Coding Agents
stanfordnlp · x · 2026-07-15
The reshared post revisits @chrmanning's perspective on the "deep learning tsunami" from nearly a decade ago, noting the shift from NLP's focus on context-free word embeddings to today's era of "usable coding agents."
Rather than mere nostalgia, the post leverages this older essay to emphasize that the capability leap in the NLP/LLM space has vastly outpaced expectations from those early days.
Related event: Manning Reflects on NLP Evolution: From Word Embeddings to Coding Agents(2 posts)→
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