I built a book discovery engine using AI-powered semantic search

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Hi all, I built a book discovery engine that lets you search by mood, theme, or aesthetic instead of relying on keywords or bestseller lists.Try it at www.zilu.app.The interesting technical aspects: - Uses multi-modal AI (book cover + synopsis embeddings) for search. - Works without predefined genres—users describe a feeling, and AI finds relevant books. - Unlike traditional keyword search, it captures abstract, theme-based queries (e.g., "a surreal, dreamlike novel with a quiet sense of dread"). - Current implementation is cover-based, with text understanding in progress.Right now, it’s an experiment in redefining content discovery beyond books—potentially applicable to movies, art, and oth

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Website: www.zilu.app