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0 pointsbeckingz3y ago0 comments

AI can't solve search. If you look at how google did it, they bullied and cajoled site owners to add detailed metadata to the top of pages. It's not magic, it's creating incentives for people to create documentation.

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spencerchubb3y ago

'bullied and cajoled' is an interesting set of verbs to use here. Is there a reason not to use metadata? Doesn't it make the web easier to index, and therefore easier for everyone to use?

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mycall3y ago

The better question to ask is if AI can do the ghost writing that high-documentation culture needs. This is an interesting hypothesis for GPT-4

CrypticShift3y ago

First, I’m assuming the documentation is already updated (i.e., 1st part is OK = no staleness)

Second, the whole point of AI NLP search (i.e., 2nd part = loss) is that it does not need metadata (which was the basis of the now mostly abandoned semantic web approach to KM).

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