Intro to NLG: Rap generation with GPT-2

Alex Honchar, Co-Founder and CTO, Neurons Lab

Richard Feynman said once “What I cannot create, I do not understand” and it is pretty true for human intelligence. Why it couldn’t be for the artificial one? On the webinar, Alex Honchar will explain how state-of-the-art NLP algorithms understand language via creating it. As an example, we will be aiming to generate realistic rap songs in different languages using the celebrated GPT-2 model. We will review how this algorithm works, launch the code, and learn practical tricks of natural language generation.

Alex Honchar has worked on industrial and research AI projects for around 7 years. At the moment he is active as an entrepreneur, applied researcher, and educator. He is co-founder of consulting boutique Neurons Lab, publishes blogs on Medium with more than 1M views and academic articles with more than 100 quotations, regularly speaks at conferences and workshops across Europe. Also, Alex has given lectures at the University of Verona, Ukrainian Catholic University, and Kyiv Polytechnic University.