David de Hilster - Revision history

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	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1959\|11\|13\|mf=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1959\|11\|13\|mf=y}}

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	[[File:FourMotionsCover.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Cover of a second book David authored by he and his father [[Bob de Hilster]] [http://fourmotions.org The Four Universal Motions in Physics] ]]		[[File:FourMotionsCover.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Cover of a second book David authored by he and his father [[Bob de Hilster]] [http://fourmotions.org The Four Universal Motions in Physics] ]]


	De Hilster continues to develop and promote NLP++ through a family of related initiatives. Through the [https://nlp.foundation NLP Foundation], he advocates building natural language understanding "by hand" — deterministic, inspectable, symbolic systems authored by people rather than estimated from scraped data — as an alternative to probabilistic large language models, beginning with high-stakes domains such as medicine and law. He chairs the [https://nluglob.org Natural Language Understanding Global Initiative] (NLU Global), whose goal is the migration of human knowledge to computers using transparent, "glass-box" NLP++ code under the banner "LLMs guess. NLP++ understands." The NLP++ language and its VisualText IDE are documented at [https://visualtext.org VisualText.org], which distributes the VSCode extension, free analyzers such as a resume parser and English parser, textbooks, and tutorials, and which introduced Version 3 with compiled analyzers for faster execution. Most recently, de Hilster is developing [https://nlpfix.ai NLPFix], a forthcoming service that delivers deterministic, low-cost data extractors through APIs and MCPs (Model Context Protocols) as an alternative to LLM-based extraction, promising results that are "100% deterministic" and "100× cheaper" under the tagline "We fix the NLP of LLMs."		De Hilster continues to develop and promote NLP++ through a family of related initiatives. Through the [https://nlp.foundation NLP Foundation], he advocates building natural language understanding "by hand" — deterministic, inspectable, symbolic systems authored by people rather than estimated from scraped data — as an alternative to probabilistic large language models, beginning with high-stakes domains such as medicine and law. He chairs the [https://nluglob.org Natural Language Understanding Global Initiative] (NLU Global), whose goal is the migration of human knowledge to computers using transparent, "glass-box" NLP++ code under the banner "LLMs guess. NLP++ understands." The NLP++ language and its VisualText IDE are documented at [https://visualtext.org VisualText.org], which distributes the VSCode extension, free analyzers such as a resume parser and English parser, textbooks, and tutorials, and which introduced Version 3 with compiled analyzers for faster execution. Most recently, de Hilster is developing [https://nlpfix.ai NLPFix], a forthcoming service that delivers deterministic, low-cost data extractors through APIs and MCPs (Model Context Protocols) as an alternative to LLM-based extraction, promising results that are "100% deterministic" and "100× cheaper" under the tagline "We fix the NLP of LLMs."

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	[[File:FourMotionsCover.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Cover of a second book David authored by he and his father [[Bob de Hilster]] [http://fourmotions.org The Four Universal Motions in Physics] ]]		[[File:FourMotionsCover.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Cover of a second book David authored by he and his father [[Bob de Hilster]] [http://fourmotions.org The Four Universal Motions in Physics] ]]


			De Hilster continues to develop and promote NLP++ through a family of related initiatives. Through the [https://nlp.foundation NLP Foundation], he advocates building natural language understanding "by hand" — deterministic, inspectable, symbolic systems authored by people rather than estimated from scraped data — as an alternative to probabilistic large language models, beginning with high-stakes domains such as medicine and law. He chairs the [https://nluglob.org Natural Language Understanding Global Initiative] (NLU Global), whose goal is the migration of human knowledge to computers using transparent, "glass-box" NLP++ code under the banner "LLMs guess. NLP++ understands." The NLP++ language and its VisualText IDE are documented at [https://visualtext.org VisualText.org], which distributes the VSCode extension, free analyzers such as a resume parser and English parser, textbooks, and tutorials, and which introduced Version 3 with compiled analyzers for faster execution. Most recently, de Hilster is developing [https://nlpfix.ai NLPFix], a forthcoming service that delivers deterministic, low-cost data extractors through APIs and MCPs (Model Context Protocols) as an alternative to LLM-based extraction, promising results that are "100% deterministic" and "100× cheaper" under the tagline "We fix the NLP of LLMs."

	==Personal Life==		==Personal Life==

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	In January of 2025, de Hilster joined Northeastern University as an adjunct professor teaching database management to master's students at the Miami campus. David was hired for his extensive industry experience in NLP and is working on several papers on NLP.		In January of 2025, de Hilster joined Northeastern University as an adjunct professor teaching database management to master's students at the Miami campus. David was hired for his extensive industry experience in NLP and is working on several papers on NLP.

	De Hilster continues to develop and promote NLP++ through a family of related initiatives. Through the [https://nlp.foundation NLP Foundation], he advocates building natural language understanding "by hand" — deterministic, inspectable, symbolic systems authored by people rather than estimated from scraped data — as an alternative to probabilistic large language models, beginning with high-stakes domains such as medicine and law. He chairs the [https://nluglob.org Natural Language Understanding Global Initiative] (NLU Global), whose goal is the migration of human knowledge to computers using transparent, "glass-box" NLP++ code under the banner "LLMs guess. NLP++ understands." The NLP++ language and its VisualText IDE are documented at [https://visualtext.org VisualText.org], which distributes the VSCode extension, free analyzers such as a resume parser and English parser, textbooks, and tutorials, and which introduced Version 3 with compiled analyzers for faster execution. Most recently, de Hilster is developing [https://nlpfix.ai NLPFix], a forthcoming service that delivers deterministic, low-cost data extractors through APIs and MCPs (Model Context Protocols) as an alternative to LLM-based extraction, promising results that are "100% deterministic" and "100× cheaper" under the tagline "We fix the NLP of LLMs."

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	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1959\|11\|13\|mf=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1959\|11\|13\|mf=y}}
	\| fields = [[AI]], [[Supercomputers]], [[Artist]], [[Filmmaker]]		\| fields = [[AI]], [[Supercomputers]], [[Artist]], [[Filmmaker]]
	\| residence = ~~Boca Raton~~, FL, United States		\| residence = Delray Beach, FL, United States
	\| workplaces = [https://coe.northeastern.edu/people/dehilster-david/ Northeastern University, Miami] (Adjunct Professor)		\| workplaces = [https://coe.northeastern.edu/people/dehilster-david/ Northeastern University, Miami] (Adjunct Professor)
	\| nationality = USA		\| nationality = USA

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	==Personal Life==		==Personal Life==
	David currently resides in ~~Boca Raton~~ Florida with his wife Doris de Hilster who is a clothes designer and business owner. He has one child [http://luanda.dehilster.com Luanda] (2005) with Doris who is an up and coming musical Theatre actress. David is a self described vegan since 2013 who has [http://forks.dehilster.com reversed his heart disease and allergies eating a whole plant based diet] which he continues to this day.		David currently resides in Delray Beach Florida with his wife Doris de Hilster who is a clothes designer and business owner. He has one child [http://luanda.dehilster.com Luanda] (2005) with Doris who is an up and coming musical Theatre actress. David is a self described vegan since 2013 who has [http://forks.dehilster.com reversed his heart disease and allergies eating a whole plant based diet] which he continues to this day.

	==Societies and Associations==		==Societies and Associations==

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	In January of 2025, de Hilster joined Northeastern University as an adjunct professor teaching database management to master's students at the Miami campus. David was hired for his extensive industry experience in NLP and is working on several papers on NLP.		In January of 2025, de Hilster joined Northeastern University as an adjunct professor teaching database management to master's students at the Miami campus. David was hired for his extensive industry experience in NLP and is working on several papers on NLP.

			De Hilster continues to develop and promote NLP++ through a family of related initiatives. Through the [https://nlp.foundation NLP Foundation], he advocates building natural language understanding "by hand" — deterministic, inspectable, symbolic systems authored by people rather than estimated from scraped data — as an alternative to probabilistic large language models, beginning with high-stakes domains such as medicine and law. He chairs the [https://nluglob.org Natural Language Understanding Global Initiative] (NLU Global), whose goal is the migration of human knowledge to computers using transparent, "glass-box" NLP++ code under the banner "LLMs guess. NLP++ understands." The NLP++ language and its VisualText IDE are documented at [https://visualtext.org VisualText.org], which distributes the VSCode extension, free analyzers such as a resume parser and English parser, textbooks, and tutorials, and which introduced Version 3 with compiled analyzers for faster execution. Most recently, de Hilster is developing [https://nlpfix.ai NLPFix], a forthcoming service that delivers deterministic, low-cost data extractors through APIs and MCPs (Model Context Protocols) as an alternative to LLM-based extraction, promising results that are "100% deterministic" and "100× cheaper" under the tagline "We fix the NLP of LLMs."

	==Current Scientific Work==		==Current Scientific Work==

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	\| fields = [[AI]], [[Supercomputers]], [[Artist]], [[Filmmaker]]		\| fields = [[AI]], [[Supercomputers]], [[Artist]], [[Filmmaker]]
	\| residence = Boca Raton, FL, United States		\| residence = Boca Raton, FL, United States
			\| workplaces = [https://coe.northeastern.edu/people/dehilster-david/ Northeastern University, Miami] (Adjunct Professor)
	\| nationality = USA		\| nationality = USA
	\| known_for = [[NLP++]], [[Particle Model]], [[Light]], [[Neomechanics]], [[Expansion Tectonics]], [[Autodynamics]]		\| known_for = [[NLP++]], [[Particle Model]], [[Light]], [[Neomechanics]], [[Expansion Tectonics]], [[Autodynamics]]
	}}		}}

	David de Hilster is an American [http://www.visualtext.org computer scientist], mathematician, [https://coe.northeastern.edu/people/dehilster-david/ professor], [http://www.dehilster.com artist], [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CGMSPXX author], [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2031289/ filmmaker], [http://samba.dehilster.com musician], [http://forks.dehilster.com vegan], and [http://www.dissidentscience.com dissident scientist] and is most known for his work in artificial intelligence and theoretical physics. He is best known for for being the co-author of the computer programming language [[NLP++]] and VisualText, a computer programming language in the are of artificial intelligence.		David de Hilster is an American [http://www.visualtext.org computer scientist], mathematician, [https://coe.northeastern.edu/people/dehilster-david/ adjunct professor at Northeastern University, Miami], [http://www.dehilster.com artist], [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CGMSPXX author], [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2031289/ filmmaker], [http://samba.dehilster.com musician], [http://forks.dehilster.com vegan], and [http://www.dissidentscience.com dissident scientist] and is most known for his work in artificial intelligence and theoretical physics. He is best known for for being the co-author of the computer programming language [[NLP++]] and VisualText, a computer programming language in the are of artificial intelligence.

	His interest in physics theory started with his meeting and working with Argentinian physicist [[Ricardo Carezani\|Dr. Ricardo Carezani]] in 1992 who showed Einstein's [[Special relativity\|Special theory of Relativity]] wrong in the early 1940s. David is currently president and co-founder of the [[John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society]] and is co-author of a book with his father [[Bob de Hilster]] on their [[Particle Model]] entitled "[[Principia Mathematica 2]]" which claims to be the first complete physical model of the entire universe that is based on Newtonian laws and having no math, with a second book entitled [[The Four Universal Motions in Physics]] coming out in 2024 on the topic. As a scientist, de Hilster has worked in as a researcher in artificial intelligence, natural language processing for over 30 years and is co-author of a computer language [[NLP++]] and IDE for human language called [http://www.visualtext.org NLP++ and VisualText].		His interest in physics theory started with his meeting and working with Argentinian physicist [[Ricardo Carezani\|Dr. Ricardo Carezani]] in 1992 who showed Einstein's [[Special relativity\|Special theory of Relativity]] wrong in the early 1940s. David is currently president and co-founder of the [[John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society]] and is co-author of a book with his father [[Bob de Hilster]] on their [[Particle Model]] entitled "[[Principia Mathematica 2]]" which claims to be the first complete physical model of the entire universe that is based on Newtonian laws and having no math, with a second book entitled [[The Four Universal Motions in Physics]] coming out in 2024 on the topic. As a scientist, de Hilster has worked in as a researcher in artificial intelligence, natural language processing for over 30 years and is co-author of a computer language [[NLP++]] and IDE for human language called [http://www.visualtext.org NLP++ and VisualText].

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	David de Hilster is an American [http://www.visualtext.org computer scientist], mathematician, professor, [http://www.dehilster.com artist], [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CGMSPXX author], [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2031289/ filmmaker], [http://samba.dehilster.com musician], [http://forks.dehilster.com vegan], and [http://www.dissidentscience.com dissident scientist] and is most known for his work in artificial intelligence and theoretical physics. He is best known for for being the co-author of the computer programming language [[NLP++]] and VisualText, a computer programming language in the are of artificial intelligence.		David de Hilster is an American [http://www.visualtext.org computer scientist], mathematician, [https://coe.northeastern.edu/people/dehilster-david/ professor], [http://www.dehilster.com artist], [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CGMSPXX author], [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2031289/ filmmaker], [http://samba.dehilster.com musician], [http://forks.dehilster.com vegan], and [http://www.dissidentscience.com dissident scientist] and is most known for his work in artificial intelligence and theoretical physics. He is best known for for being the co-author of the computer programming language [[NLP++]] and VisualText, a computer programming language in the are of artificial intelligence.

	His interest in physics theory started with his meeting and working with Argentinian physicist [[Ricardo Carezani\|Dr. Ricardo Carezani]] in 1992 who showed Einstein's [[Special relativity\|Special theory of Relativity]] wrong in the early 1940s. David is currently president and co-founder of the [[John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society]] and is co-author of a book with his father [[Bob de Hilster]] on their [[Particle Model]] entitled "[[Principia Mathematica 2]]" which claims to be the first complete physical model of the entire universe that is based on Newtonian laws and having no math, with a second book entitled [[The Four Universal Motions in Physics]] coming out in 2024 on the topic. As a scientist, de Hilster has worked in as a researcher in artificial intelligence, natural language processing for over 30 years and is co-author of a computer language [[NLP++]] and IDE for human language called [http://www.visualtext.org NLP++ and VisualText].		His interest in physics theory started with his meeting and working with Argentinian physicist [[Ricardo Carezani\|Dr. Ricardo Carezani]] in 1992 who showed Einstein's [[Special relativity\|Special theory of Relativity]] wrong in the early 1940s. David is currently president and co-founder of the [[John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society]] and is co-author of a book with his father [[Bob de Hilster]] on their [[Particle Model]] entitled "[[Principia Mathematica 2]]" which claims to be the first complete physical model of the entire universe that is based on Newtonian laws and having no math, with a second book entitled [[The Four Universal Motions in Physics]] coming out in 2024 on the topic. As a scientist, de Hilster has worked in as a researcher in artificial intelligence, natural language processing for over 30 years and is co-author of a computer language [[NLP++]] and IDE for human language called [http://www.visualtext.org NLP++ and VisualText].

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	David de Hilster is an American [http://www.visualtext.org computer scientist], mathematician, professor, [http://www.dehilster.com artist], [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CGMSPXX author], [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2031289/ filmmaker], [http://samba.dehilster.com musician], [http://forks.dehilster.com vegan], and [http://www.dissidentscience.com dissident scientist] and is most known for his work in artificial intelligence and theoretical physics. His interest in physics theory started with his meeting and working with Argentinian physicist [[Ricardo Carezani\|Dr. Ricardo Carezani]] in 1992 who showed Einstein's [[Special relativity\|Special theory of Relativity]] wrong in the early 1940s. David is currently president and co-founder of the [[John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society]] and is co-author of a book with his father [[Bob de Hilster]] on their [[Particle Model]] entitled "[[Principia Mathematica 2]]" which claims to be the first complete physical model of the entire universe that is based on Newtonian laws and having no math, with a second book entitled [[The Four Universal Motions in Physics]] coming out in 2024 on the topic. As a scientist, de Hilster has worked in as a researcher in artificial intelligence, natural language processing for over 30 years and is co-author of a computer language [[NLP++]] and IDE for human language called [http://www.visualtext.org NLP++ and VisualText].		David de Hilster is an American [http://www.visualtext.org computer scientist], mathematician, professor, [http://www.dehilster.com artist], [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CGMSPXX author], [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2031289/ filmmaker], [http://samba.dehilster.com musician], [http://forks.dehilster.com vegan], and [http://www.dissidentscience.com dissident scientist] and is most known for his work in artificial intelligence and theoretical physics. He is best known for for being the co-author of the computer programming language [[NLP++]] and VisualText, a computer programming language in the are of artificial intelligence.

			His interest in physics theory started with his meeting and working with Argentinian physicist [[Ricardo Carezani\|Dr. Ricardo Carezani]] in 1992 who showed Einstein's [[Special relativity\|Special theory of Relativity]] wrong in the early 1940s. David is currently president and co-founder of the [[John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society]] and is co-author of a book with his father [[Bob de Hilster]] on their [[Particle Model]] entitled "[[Principia Mathematica 2]]" which claims to be the first complete physical model of the entire universe that is based on Newtonian laws and having no math, with a second book entitled [[The Four Universal Motions in Physics]] coming out in 2024 on the topic. As a scientist, de Hilster has worked in as a researcher in artificial intelligence, natural language processing for over 30 years and is co-author of a computer language [[NLP++]] and IDE for human language called [http://www.visualtext.org NLP++ and VisualText].

	De Hilster has been involved with the [[John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society]] (CNPS) (formerly the [[NPA]]) for over two decades acting as webmaster, conference director, and now president of the non-profit organization. He also helped found the [[Society for the Advancement of Autodynamics]], founded in 1994, promoting the work of Dr. Ricardo Carezani. He is also co-founder of the [http://db.naturalphilosophy.org Natural Philosophy Database], the [http://wiki.naturalphilosophy.org Natural Philosophy Wiki], and more recently laid the foundation for the online [http://university.naturalphilosophy.org University of Natural Philosophy]. De Hilster also produced and directed the feature-length documentary film [[Einstein Wrong - The Miracle Year]] starting filming in the year 2005, completing 2014. In May 2017, David started the [http://youtube.dissidentscience.com Dissident Science YouTube Channel] where he has over 4000 subscribers world-wide. De Hilster is also the editor and chief and founder of the online web magazine [http://www.beyondmainstream.org Beyond Mainstream Science].		De Hilster has been involved with the [[John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society]] (CNPS) (formerly the [[NPA]]) for over two decades acting as webmaster, conference director, and now president of the non-profit organization. He also helped found the [[Society for the Advancement of Autodynamics]], founded in 1994, promoting the work of Dr. Ricardo Carezani. He is also co-founder of the [http://db.naturalphilosophy.org Natural Philosophy Database], the [http://wiki.naturalphilosophy.org Natural Philosophy Wiki], and more recently laid the foundation for the online [http://university.naturalphilosophy.org University of Natural Philosophy]. De Hilster also produced and directed the feature-length documentary film [[Einstein Wrong - The Miracle Year]] starting filming in the year 2005, completing 2014. In May 2017, David started the [http://youtube.dissidentscience.com Dissident Science YouTube Channel] where he has over 4000 subscribers world-wide. De Hilster is also the editor and chief and founder of the online web magazine [http://www.beyondmainstream.org Beyond Mainstream Science].