Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Saturday 21 April 2018

#GoogleTalk #GoogleSearch #SemanticSearch


Quantum  Jump  ?




And it will get even better when Quantum Computers become commercially available in next 2 years



I am referring to Google’s announcement 4 days back , of its semantic search engine called “ Talk to Book “







Answers to your questions in more than 100,000 books


April 13, 2018






Against my following “ Questions ( Search Terms ) “ , Talk to Book  returned  names of 5 books in each case ( of course , you can  click “ more samples “ ) , which were quite relevant ( figures in brackets indicate the number of links returned in standard Google Search Bar ) :



*     Will AI ever succeed in enslaving mankind  ?  (  86,500  )



*     What will be the effect of global warming by 2025  ?  (  544,000  )



*     When we land on Mars, can we survive  ?   (   843,000  )



*    What is the future of humanity  ?   (  48,00,000  )





As per Google , semantic search is not based on finding in a database ,  documents with , “ matching keywords / phrases “



It is based on searching for “ meaning “  !



What are the implications ?



Could “ Semantic Search “ be V 2.0 , of our current , too familiar Google Search bar ? – with fewer but more relevant results ?



In course of next few months , will Google release a “ Semantic Search Plugin “ which web site developers can integrate with their offerings  ?




Imagine, what this can do if plugged into social media web sites (Facebook/Twitter etc )

A  further unravelling of Privacy  ?




Or , into job portals such as Naukri / Monster / Timesjobs / Shine or even LinkedIn  ?
 
Elimination of intermediaries like head-hunters / recruiters ?




Or, will “ Google  Home /  Google  Assistant “ altogether make obsolete, that Google search bar  ?
 
Just  speak up and listen ?




Could we , someday soon , tell “ Google Home “ ( embedded in every smart phone ) :


“ From your database of blogging sites , find that poem in which a 26 year old poet praises the beauty of his 20 year old beloved “



{ For last 2 days, I cannot get ALEXA ECHO to even play songs of most Indian artists / playback singers !  }


Probably , the first industry to morph due to “ Semantic Search Plugin “ would be “ Online E Paper “ websites of Times of India / Hindustan Times / Hindu / DNA / Bhaskar etc , with their database of billions of “ News Stories / Text Documents “ of past 10 years




To know how , read :

 

Redesigning Newspapers ?

 

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/05/redesigning-newspapers.html

 

 

Next Generation Newspaper ?

 

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/03/next-generation-newspaper.html

 

 

22  April  2018

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