Will powerset google google?
I myself have not yet seen the presentation of the Powerset search engine, but many have already said that after what they see, they will never again use Google.
The goal of Powerset is to give people the opportunity to use familiar phrases when searching, including those words that search engines now ignore. Like many others, I had to learn how to change my traditional language when dealing with search sites. I used only keywords, discarding everything else. In part, this habit has become the norm for me even in communicating with people, to such an extent that negotiations in the messenger or via e-mail sometimes seemed clogged with some unnecessary, meaningless words!
Despite the fact that I do not consider the current search engines perfect, I still did not think about the problem that they do not understand normal human language. Frankly, I would prefer to develop this ability - to communicate in a way that computers understand us, as this will help progress in other high-tech areas.
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But Pell gives a convincing argument: a search using a normal language is important from the point of view of understanding meaning. He demonstrates an example to prove his point of view - “books for children”, “books written by children” and “books about children”; these three phrases for current search engines will be equivalent. That is, his main argument is this: we simply cannot correctly express our desire to find books written by children without using a normal language.
To start the Powerset requires substantial financial resources. Venture investors are always a great source of rumors (especially when they refused a deal or missed it). With all due respect to the Powerset, there are rumors that the company wants to find 10 million dollars for a project that, according to experts, requires 20 to launch. This is really a serious amount, but if Powerset suddenly moves Google - who remembers it! ..
The goal of Powerset is to give people the opportunity to use familiar phrases when searching, including those words that search engines now ignore. Like many others, I had to learn how to change my traditional language when dealing with search sites. I used only keywords, discarding everything else. In part, this habit has become the norm for me even in communicating with people, to such an extent that negotiations in the messenger or via e-mail sometimes seemed clogged with some unnecessary, meaningless words!
Despite the fact that I do not consider the current search engines perfect, I still did not think about the problem that they do not understand normal human language. Frankly, I would prefer to develop this ability - to communicate in a way that computers understand us, as this will help progress in other high-tech areas.
')
But Pell gives a convincing argument: a search using a normal language is important from the point of view of understanding meaning. He demonstrates an example to prove his point of view - “books for children”, “books written by children” and “books about children”; these three phrases for current search engines will be equivalent. That is, his main argument is this: we simply cannot correctly express our desire to find books written by children without using a normal language.
To start the Powerset requires substantial financial resources. Venture investors are always a great source of rumors (especially when they refused a deal or missed it). With all due respect to the Powerset, there are rumors that the company wants to find 10 million dollars for a project that, according to experts, requires 20 to launch. This is really a serious amount, but if Powerset suddenly moves Google - who remembers it! ..
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/30857/
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