[ErikHuisman]

Maybe search for "how do search engines work"

[ErikHuisman]

This is a 5 year old video about how search works. They are already talking about using machine learning for ranking wich is kinda like AI depending on your definition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVV_93mBfSU

[marginalia_nu]

If you want a more in-depth walkthrough, this is a good resource: https://ciir.cs.umass.edu/irbook/

[ochrist]

I have a good knowledge of how search engines work (having built search myself several times in the past), but the recent use of ChatGPT and other variations of the same theme brought me to the conclusion that there might not be any pure search engines left that are not using 'AI' (or more precisely LLM). People in this community are also worried about these issues, e.g.: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35601128 so I'm definitely not the only one.

[hoseja]

But what if the search engine has GMOs in it? And maybe it's powered by nucular!