December 03, 2011

Google Search as a form of AI

Google Director of Research on Search Algorithms & AI, Angela Guess, SemanticWeb (Nov 30)

Google Director of Research Peter Norvig suggest that Google Search is a form of A.I. "If you define A.I. as providing a course of action in the face of uncertainty and ambiguity, based on learning from examples, that’s what our search algorithm is all about.”"

Full article is -- Search Algorithms with Google Director of Research Peter Norvig, Stone Temple (Oct 17)

Much is covered in this conversation with Peter Norvig. Topics include:

The basic approach used to build Google Translate
The process Google uses to test and implement algorithm updates
How voice driven search works
The methodology being used for image recognition
How Google views speed in search
How Google views the goals of search overall

Posted by Gwen at December 3, 2011 03:49 AM