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Embeddings search vs traditional search ranking algorithms comparison | Part 2, Review and Findings

The goal of this review is to compare the quality of new semantic-based algorithms using embeddings versus traditional term-based search ranking algorithms to retrieve good content: The traditional is Okapi BM25, an the new ones are Elastic Learned Sparse EncodeR (ELSER, retrieval model trained by Elastic.co) and all-MiniLM-L6-v2 from sbert.net. Adding Google because it is a good reference point. Which one works for what type of query. Part 2 details the experience and present the findings.

31 Dec 2023 - by Gabriel


Embeddings search vs traditional search ranking algorithms comparison | Part 1, background

The goal of this review is to compare the quality of new semantic-based algorithms using embeddings versus traditional term-based search ranking algorithms to retrieve good content. The traditional is Okapi BM25, an the new ones are the models Elastic Learned Sparse EncodeR (ELSER) and all-MiniLM-L6-v2 from sbert.net. Adding Google because it is a good reference point. Which one works for what type of query. Part 1 presents the background.

31 Oct 2023 - by Gabriel


Running a Large Language Model Chatbot on your AWS server with a friendly web interface

Why and How to run your own Large language model on your traditional cloud provider like AWS.

31 Aug 2023 - by Gabriel


Own your Android device and protect privacy

In this post I’ll describe my experience re-installing android on my phone and “regain” control on it.

31 May 2019 - by Gabriel


Neural networks to remain the most researched AI approach in 2019 for Facebook and Google, based on 2018 publications

In 2018 Google and Facebook Artificial Intelligence research labs have again heavily invested into neural networks: This is still the most researched approach to IA, concentrated approximately 2/3 of their research effort based on the number of publications. A trend that is likely to remain in 2019.

31 Dec 2018 - by Gabriel


An overview of electricity substations in Sydney

Sydney has more than 200 electricity substations built in the 1920s-1930s by Sydney Municipal Council. I randomly discovered a few of them over the few years I have been living here. In this post I’m sharing a few personal photos of what some of those substations look like the city today.

18 Sep 2018 - by Gabriel


5 Reasons to opt-out of the My Health Record

The My Health Record opt-out period has started the 16th of July in Australia and will last until the 15th of October. We have 3 months to make an informed decision about our health electronic data. In this post I’m sharing a 5 reasons why you should opt-out.

31 Jul 2018 - by Gabriel


Review of Scaleway ARM-based cloud server

Reviewing an ARM-based, ie not a traditional x86 cloud based hosting provider: Scaleway.

30 Jun 2018 - by Gabriel


Uncovering Drupalgeddon 2 on Drupal 7

Uncover in details the highly critical Drupal vulnerability nicknamed “drupalgeddon 2” that was released March and April 2018

31 May 2018 - by Gabriel


Re-discovering ‘Intelligent machinery’ by Alan Turing

I’m sharing in this post my interest for a report written by Alan Turing in 1948: ‘Intelligent machinery’. This report contains several founding and yet still modern ideas about artificial intelligence.

30 Apr 2018 - by Gabriel


Running a bitcoin full node on ubuntu

This post is describing my experience when running a bitcoin full node on an ubuntu container.

31 Dec 2017 - by Gabriel