Did the Sumerians dream of neural networks — from “living search engines” to ubiquitous AI

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This article traces the evolution of search and information retrieval from early library and medical indexing systems to modern web search and AI tools. It connects historical milestones such as Memex, MEDLARS, DIALOG, AltaVista, and Google to the current wave of generative AI and chatbots. The piece frames AI as the latest stage in a long progression toward faster and more intelligent access to knowledge. It does not announce a company event or product release, but it does center on software-driven search and AI capabilities.

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