The Robot Brains Podcast Richard Socher of You.com: the David taking on the "Search" Goliath Google
Apr 19, 2023
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Search as Most Impactful NLP Application
- Richard Socher sees search as the most impactful application for natural language processing technology.
- He believes current search engines have stagnated, partly due to business models prioritizing advertising over usefulness.
Persistence in Building You.com
- Richard first tried to build a search prototype nine years ago but found it too daunting to pursue.
- He persisted with enterprise applications before returning to launch You.com, facing skepticism but now seeing millions of users.
Multimodal AI Enhances Search
- You.com integrates large language models that provide contextual, up-to-date answers with citations from recent web results.
- It uses multimodal outputs like images and interactive widgets for richer answers beyond just text.