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Google's AI Mode: It Can Out-Search You, But Can It Out-Evaluate You?
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Sep 7
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What Academic "Deep Research" Is Really For
Orientation, not copy-paste prose.
Aug 11
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Why I Think Academic Deep Research — or at Least Deep Search — Will “Win”
Aaron hypes up academic deep research and explains why
Aug 8
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Why embedding vector search is probably one of the least objectionable use of AI for search
TL;DR Embedding‑based semantic search dodges many—but not all—criticisms aimed at ChatGPT‑style generative AI.
Aug 3
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The AI powered Library Search That Refused to Search
From Clarivate's Summon to Primo Research Assistant, content‑moderation layers meant mostly for chatbots are "quietly" blocking controversial topics…
Jul 28
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The Case of the Vanishing Hit Count: Rethinking Query Craftsmanship in a Post-Boolean World— Reflections from Day 2 of my FSCI 2025 workshop…
Understanding the Shift from Exact Boolean Hits to the "Top-k" Results of Semantic Search and the Evaluated Hits of Deep Search.
Jul 26
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My favourite explainers of Transformers, LLMs and related technology
Though my blog focuses on academic discovery and retrieval, these days you can’t really understand those topics without grappling with concepts like…
Jul 21
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A Deep Dive into EBSCOhost's Natural Language Search and Web of Science Smart Search - Two bundled "Ai-powered"search (II)
Web of Science Smart Search - unique transparent hybrid search
Jul 14
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