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Move over, Bing: Hunch is New Decision Engine inTown
Less than a week ago we were all told not to consider Bing (Microsoft's new search engine) a search engine but rather a "decision engine." As of today, Bing as a decision engine is already, like,totes fifteen minutes ago. Hunch launches today.
Hunch mixes collaborative filtering with machine learning to build an algorithm for answering the kinds of questions co-founder Caterina Fake once helped faciliateat Yahoo Answers.As great as Yahoo Answers can be, it has a significant limitation -- a human being has to answer your question (or perhaps pretend to answer your question while really advertising some service). Hunch will attempt to answer your question algorithmically by asking you ten questions or fewer and comparing your answers to its "taste database."
Monday, June 15, 2009 at 1:12PM
