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#2Pour one out
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#3Sad what it had become: https://web.archive.org/web/20260316143530/https://www.ask.c...
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#4Missed opportunity to name an LLM "Jeeves" and finally live up to the vision.
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#5Would have been a great domain with the rise of AI, shocking they didn't adapt the persona.
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#6Sad what it had become: https://web.archive.org/web/20260316143530/https://www.ask.c...
Was it ever good?
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#8Sad what it had become: https://web.archive.org/web/20260316143530/https://www.ask.c...
Was it ever good?
Yeah I remember using it back in the day and getting good results.
> Unlike early keyword-based engines, it aimed to answer specific questions, acting as a precursor to modern AI assistants like Siri or ChatGPT.
> Ask Jeeves (now Ask.com) was an early search engine launched in 1996 that allowed users to get answers via natural language queries, personified by a cartoon butler mascot. Developed by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen, it focused on Q&A rather than just keywords.
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#9Huh. https://www.askjeeves.com is that a spoof of ask.com?
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#10I wonder what it was like working for them.