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This is presented as if AI is a new thing to Google. The truth is that Pagerank is based on a classic neural network. The pages are the nodes, the links are the
by bronlund 11y ago
This is presented as if AI is a new thing to Google. The truth is that Pagerank is based on a classic neural network. The pages are the nodes, the links are the weights and we are the feedback. It has been in training since at least 1996 ;)
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoI know neural networks are fashionable these days, but come on.
- bronlund 11y agoIt's not that it's a secret. Consider this quote from early 2000: Reporter: "Why would we need another search engine? Alta Vista is quite good enough." - Larry Page: "We're not building a search engine. We're building an A.I."
- bronlund 11y agoAnd neural networks has been in fashion for a very long time ;)
- dekhn 11y agoI don't think that anybody considers PageRank to be a classic neural network. It's a recursively defined centrality algorithm. It has a graph structure; beyond that it's not really a neural network.