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earleybirdtoday at 12:59 AM1 replyview on HN

When ever it's free, it's all about the data.

I recall having a conversation circa 2004/5 with a colleague that Google was an AI company, not a search company.


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erutoday at 3:38 AM

Search is AI. Or would have been considered AI in eg the 1980s.

The goalposts of what counts as AI are constantly moving further and further away. Simple algorithms like A* once counted as part of AI.