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Show Notes
When it comes to untangling the complexities of what lies ahead for search engines in this age of AI, few are as deeply versed in the subject as You.com Engineer Saahil Jain. Jason and Patrick talk with him in this episode about what search even is, what challenges lie ahead, and where the shift in paradigms can be found.
00:01:16 Introductions
00:02:06 How physics led Saahil to programming
00:07:20 Getting started at Microsoft
00:13:39 Analyzing human text input
00:22:22 The exciting paradigm shift in search
00:29:02 Rationales for direction
00:33:40 Image generation models
00:39:55 Knowledge bases
00:45:12 FIFA
00:49:29 Understanding the query’s intent
00:51:18 Expectations
00:55:38 A need to stay connected to authority repositories
01:03:45 About working at You
01:08:18 Farewells
Resources mentioned in this episode:
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Links:
- Saahil Jain:
- Website: http://saahiljain.me/
- Email: saahil @ you.com
- Github: https://github.com/saahil9jain/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saahiljain/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/saahil9jain
- RadGraph: https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.14463
- VisualCheXbert: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.11467
- You.Com:
- Website: https://you.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/YouSearchEngine
- Discord: https://discord.gg/f9jRFH5gHP
- Others:
- On Thorium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElulEJruhRQ
More Throwdown? Check out these prior episodes:
- E143: The Evolution of Search with Marcus Eagan: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/2022/09/143-evolution-of-search-with-marcus.html
- E94: Search at Etsy: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/2019/10/episode-94-search-at-etsy.html
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