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by eatonphil·11y ago·view on hn ↗
I am not getting the "Obama + Russia - USA = Putin" piece nor the "King + Woman - Man" bit either. Nothing particularly meaningful came up on a search for the latter. Could someone explain?
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If I understand your question, the idea is that one can do “arithmetic” on concepts. Essentially the first equation asks “Obama : USA :: ? : Russia”. Similarly, “King : Man :: ? : Woman”.

The way the corpus “talks about” Obama in relation to the USA is similar to how the corpus talks about Putin in relation to Russia. That the system can reveal this is amazing to me.

Oh cool, I see! Thanks for the explanation.