Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Technology
Embedding
A numerical way of representing meaning so computers can compare how similar things are
What's it for?
Turns meaning into numbers so software can find things that are similar even when they use different words.
For example…
Searching for surgery leave still finds the medical leave policy.
A knowledge-search tool turns each paragraph into an embedding so a query for “ending employment” can still find content titled “offboarding”.
Think of it like…
Putting books on shelves by theme: related topics end up in neighbouring spots even if titles differ