Can a program read text and analyze it for follow up questions?

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

I just held a conversation with a guy that claim that he developed an application that can provide answers to a written text. He says that any text that a human can read and understand, so does his application. Since I'm not in the world of AI or NLP, I just wonder if it's doable that a computer will analyze the following text and answer the question at the end:

I have few transactions">transactions with me, so it goes like this: Transaction 1000 for the amount of $200 was canceled and the customer will pay $30 cancelation penalty. Transaction 1001 was approved for 300 USD. Transaction 1001 for the amount of $500 was voided but the customer was willing to pay $20 as CP (instead of 50).

From what he claims, his program can answer any question such as:

how much money did we make for Cancelation Penalty (which should come to 30+20=50)

Is this doable?