Hacker News with Generative AI: IVF

IVF insurance startup Future Family promises a baby or your money back (techcrunch.com)
For decades, couples going through in vitro fertilization have had to spend tens of thousands of dollars on the procedures with no guarantee of success.
IVF, Healthcare, Startups, Insurance, Business
17 points by impish9208 2 days ago | 2 comments
Why HNSW is not the answer and disk-based alternatives might be more practical (pgvecto.rs)
HNSW (Hierarchical Navigable Small World) has become the go-to algorithm for many vector databases. Its multi-layered graph structure and ability to efficiently navigate vector embeddings make it particularly appealing. However, despite its apparent advantages, HNSW may not be the optimal solution for large-scale and dynamic vector similarity search. In this blog post, we challenge the dominance of HNSW and explore why disk-based alternatives, such as IVF (Inverted File Index), might be more practical for massive datasets.
Vector Databases, HNSW, IVF, Database Performance, Data Structures
138 points by kevlened 60 days ago | 64 comments