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#434 – Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet
Lex Fridman Podcast
Navigating Web Indexing and Search Technologies
This chapter examines the complex mechanisms of web indexing, focusing on the Perplexity bot's crawling tactics and the significance of adhering to robots.txt guidelines. It discusses the challenges of processing modern web pages with JavaScript, the role of machine learning in indexing and retrieval, and the integration of traditional algorithms like BM25 with modern techniques for enhanced search performance. The conversation also explores the strategic choices in scaling computational resources for startups, weighing the benefits of cloud services against in-house infrastructure, and the impact of these decisions on future growth.
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