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Setting Up ElasticSearch for Semantic Search with ELSER

In today’s data-driven world, efficient search is critical. Traditional keyword search falls short when understanding context and user intent. Semantic search solves this problem by understanding meanings rather than just matching words.

In this tutorial, I’ll guide you through setting up Elasticsearch with the Elastic Learned Sparse EncodeR (ELSER) model for powerful semantic search capabilities. ELSER is Elastic’s specialized ML model that creates sparse vector representations to efficiently capture semantic meaning while maintaining computational performance.