[arauhala]

This is a good point, and Aito's inference engine has lot of similarities with search engines. As an interesting, we can provide TF-IDF scored full text search functionality from the same indexes we are also using for inferences.

Still, while there are tons of similarities, I feel that the inferences engines are fundamentally different from search engines. The data structures are different, and I can see them diverging even more in the future. The algorithms and modes of operations are very different, even if there is some overlap.

From the user point of view, there is still a striking similarity between Aito and ElasticSearch. Both act now as auxiliary databases (all thought we would like to make Aito fully ACID with an SQL interface in future) and provide more search engine / inference engine-like functionality than full database functionality.