What is Approximate nearest neighbour (ANN)?

Approximate nearest neighbour (ANN)

Approximate nearest neighbour (ANN): Search that finds vectors close to a query quickly by trading a little accuracy for much greater speed at scale.

Related terms

K-nearest neighbours (k-NN)
t-distributed stochastic neighbour embedding (t-SNE)
Quantum approximate optimisation algorithm (QAOA)
Application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)
ARC (AI2 Reasoning Challenge)
ARC-AGI

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