Word2Vec

Fact

A classic method for learning words as vectors.

In Plain Words

Word2Vec is like watching the school cafeteria. Kids who sit together every day probably belong to the same crew.

It turns words into vectors, so computers can compare their distance. It powered semantic search. It also helped recommendations and early text tools.

Related Concepts

• Vector Embedding
• Vector search
• Neural Network
• Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers

Embedding
Word2Vec is a classic early form of Embedding.

Vector search
Word2Vec turns words into vectors, so Vector search can find similar meanings.

Neural-network
Word2Vec uses a shallow Neural-network to learn from words seen together.

BERT
BERT upgrades fixed word vectors by reading the surrounding words.