information retrieval

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 25, 2016 by Gary Marcus · across every show →

Everything said about information retrieval, oldest first

Jan 25, 2016 negative
Insight
Marcus: Information retrieval fails at state updates that human-level AI requires
“If you have human-level intelligence, you can make sense of that, but if you just memorize stuff off the web and do information retrieval, you could actually get stuck there.”
Gary Marcus Jan 25, 2016 ▶ 10:25 Can A.I. Become More Human? // Gary Marcus, Geometric Intelligence (Hosted by FirstMark Capital)
Jun 28, 2023 neutral
Opinion
Huber: 'Vector database' is too narrow a term for information retrieval
“I don't actually like the term vector database that much. I think it's sort of narrow. I think the job to be done is information retrieval more broadly, and vector search happens to be a useful tool in our toolbox to doing information retrieval.”
Jeff Huber Jun 28, 2023 ▶ 28:31 Why Vector Databases Are Exploding: Chroma Co-Founder Jeff Huber on Building AI-Native Infra
May 16, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Core AI IP advances may shift from foundation models to retrieval
“So maybe the core intellectual property advance actually happens in the information retrieval step and the embeddings and the vectors as opposed to the underlying models.”
Tomasz Tunguz May 16, 2024 ▶ 20:30 AI, Data and Blockchain: a VC perspective | Tomasz Tunguz, Founder of Theory Ventures
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