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The Optimal Amount of Irrelevant Search Results is Non-Zero
A few years back, Patrick McKenzie wrote a blog post, "The optimal amount of fraud is non-zero". I've started thinking about how the same applies to…
Apr 22
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Dustin Coates
It's Tax Day: How Does the IRS Search Stack Up?
A W-2 out of 5
Apr 15
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Dustin Coates
Book Review: AI-Powered Search
I started work in search about a decade ago, and AI was on the margins. There was research and some implementations, but when we would speak with…
Apr 8
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Dustin Coates
March 2024
A simple suggestion to improve search UX
Search suggestions (also known as query suggestions or autocomplete) are a UX touch for search that provide suggestions on queries when a searcher is…
Mar 25
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Dustin Coates
Three lines that define search
How three different spectrums define how we can think of search and discovery.
Mar 18
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Dustin Coates
Book Review: Building Machine Learning Powered Applications
Building Machine Learning Powered Applications is a book written by Emmanuel Ameisen and published in 2020. It examines how to plan, build, and deploy a…
Mar 11
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Dustin Coates
Using Redirects for Broad Search Terms
A look at three big box retailers to see how to do this well—or poorly
Mar 4
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Dustin Coates
November 2023
The Three Types of LLM-Powered Apps
There has been an explosion of LLM-powered apps in 2023. Enough that we can now categorize them into three different buckets: LLM plus prompt, LLM plus…
Nov 2, 2023
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Dustin Coates
September 2023
Why Voice Failed as a Platform
And recent natural language and conversational news
Sep 14, 2023
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Dustin Coates
August 2023
August 17, 2023
Measuring the impact of natural language search, AI comedians, and more
Aug 17, 2023
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Dustin Coates
August 3, 2023
Best practices for building with LLMs, is ChatGPT getting dumber, and more
Aug 3, 2023
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Dustin Coates
July 2023
July 6, 2023
We look at whether AI is becoming so intelligent it will destroy all of humanity, or if maybe it’s getting dumber. Plus the end of prompt engineering is…
Jul 6, 2023
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Dustin Coates
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