Re: [ontolog-forum] FW: online Wall St Journal: Google Gives Search a Re

[David Eddy <deddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Leo -

On Apr 2, 2012, at 1:38 PM, Obrst, Leo J. wrote:

FYI. Google to begin using semantic search:

Any guesses what Google means by "semantic"?

That WSJ piece wasn't much more than a Watson-like press release.  A lot of vigorous hand waving.  One wonders what—if anything—is actually behind the curtain.

Reminds me of the 1954 Madison Ave "demo" for MT.

Phrases like:  ""semantic search," which refers to the process of understanding the actual meaning of words."  set off all my alarms.

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