Expert Rants: Don't Replace Keyword Search with AI
generativist · x · 2026-08-19
Danielle Fong issued a strong warning to major tech companies against replacing keyword search with AI or embeddings. She emphasized that these are different tools. Users often need affordances—knobs they can turn for precise control—rather than a black box that simply gives a 'correct answer,' noting that AI can sometimes make achieving specific goals harder.
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