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Re:The $25B eigenvector (2006) [pdf] by colechristensen on Sunday January 07, 2018 @04:18PM (#16092788)
My impression is that "search" isn't so much of a solved problem, but the question is changing.

The next–very unsolved–problem is being able to "understand" natural language queries and "understand" source materials such that a user can ask for something and get it.

"Understand" is in quotes because because it means something rather specific.

Re:The $25B eigenvector (2006) [pdf] by fh973 on Sunday January 07, 2018 @04:49PM (#16092940)
Is this what is missing to get something like Gmail search working at the same level as web search?