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 Introductions00:02:06 How physics led Saahil to programming00:07:20 Getting started at Microsoft00:13:39 Analyzing human text input00:22:22 The exciting paradigm shift in search00:29:02 Rationales for direction00:33:40 Image generation models00:39:55 Knowledge bases00:45:12 FIFA00:49:29 Understanding the query’s intent00:51:18 Expectations00:55:38 A need to stay connected to authority repositories01:03:45 About working at You01:08:18 FarewellsResources mentioned in this episode:Join the Programming Throwdown Patreon community today: https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=hLinks:
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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