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LinkedIn has added a new AI feature to its app. This time, the search tool will use conversational questions to find members, posts and pages that are relevant to you.
Although people are the main focus, I am not certain what you will get in terms of the results for the other components. You can see that LinkedIn will now be able provide search results for any query you type into its prompt.
Tomer Cohen, Chief Product Officer at LinkedIn (for the moment):
” We’ll find the right people to help you in your network by describing your needs. You can type it as if you were saying it. ‘ Former co-workers in NY who founded healthcare companies. ‘ LinkedIn can open doors for you. From “who do I speak to?” to “here are some people who can assist,” it will show you how to unlock opportunities. ”
Wow. These are specific examples. What kind of person searches for “ex-coworkers in NY who have become healthcare founders” or does the individual not know which coworker they are looking for because they don’t remember the name?
Silicon Valley’s distorted perspective aside, using simple language queries could make it easier to locate relevant matches. This could help you find very specific matches without needing to use LinkedIn filters.
Although I do wonder just how deep this goes. It’s not clear whether I’ll find the guy who posted about his daughter and her friends in my network if I do a search. How about “people with criminal convictions in my network”?
Back in the days, people realized that they could find out less than ideal information about the people and entities you have within your social network.
LinkedIn’s search will presumably find only matches that are based on data entered into the app. Since everyone is trying to present their best self on this professional network, it’s unlikely there will be any embarrassing discoveries. If it also allows users to cross-match their profile information with the posts they’ve made, some embarrassing discoveries could occur.
This may not be a bad thing, and it might even prove to be beneficial. So, this could actually turn out to have been a good feature. It will be interesting to observe the results and see if users like how they are represented.
LinkedIn introduced similar queries in conversational languages for job-seekers back in May. Its AI is now better able to offer more insights, thanks to its unmatched database of professionals.
You can use AI to enhance your LinkedIn experience in almost every way.
Do not use the site to post comments or create posts that are inaccurate or misrepresent your abilities or skills. If you ever get a real job or work offer, people will find out. If you don’t use AI to do that, then I agree. But, in general, LinkedIn should not allow members to misrepresent themselves by using AI-generated posts.
The app has some useful AI features, but only for specific purposes.
LinkedIn has announced that the AI-based search feature is available to Premium members in U.S. and soon will be made available to all other members.