{"id":686,"date":"2023-03-29T18:39:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T18:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/similari.com\/?p=686"},"modified":"2023-03-29T18:39:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T18:39:22","slug":"the-anatomy-of-a-search-query-how-ai-knows-what-youre-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/similari.com\/the-anatomy-of-a-search-query-how-ai-knows-what-youre-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"The Anatomy of a Search Query: How AI Knows What You\u2019re Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The word \u201cGoogle\u201d became a verb in 2006, when it found its way into the Merriam-Webster dictionary. But like all shifts in language, it had caught on long before official recognition caught up to everyday usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That happened because search engines like Google had caused a seismic shift in the way humans access information. The algorithms read linking behavior between pages to enable information retrieval on an unprecedented scale. And it was all wrapped up in a streamlined, easy-to-use interface that gave users (even non-technical ones) what they wanted, fast: lists of websites semantically linked to their search query. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bad news for public libraries, but amazing for almost everything else. It\u2019s become so ubiquitous that most of us struggle to imagine the \u201cbefore time\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
None of this is news to anyone, so why am I talking about it? Simple: we\u2019re now at another inflection point, heralded by the arrival of powerful new technology. Generating lists of websites ranked according to relevance is useful, but it\u2019s just the starting point. The user still needs to sift, evaluate, analyze and synthesize that information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n