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# A beginner’s guide to modern natural language processing

Stop wasting compute on expensive transformers. Basic count vectorization often rivals BERT for simple classification tasks. Discover how to match model complexity to your dataset realities.

- **Speakers:** Jodie Burchell
- **Event:** WeAreDevelopers LIVE
- **Published:** February 23, 2024
- **Duration:** 56:46
- **URL:** https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/858-a-beginner-s-guide-to-modern-natural-language-processing
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