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> "The most common debate was whether RAG or fine-tuning was a better approach, and long-context worked its way into the conversation when models like Gemini we
by swores 2y ago
> "The most common debate was whether RAG or fine-tuning was a better approach, and long-context worked its way into the conversation when models like Gemini were released. That whole conversation has more or less evaporated in the last year, and we think that’s a good thing. (Interestingly, long context windows specifically have almost completely disappeared from the conversation though we’re not completely sure why.)"
I'm a bit confused by their thinking it's a good thing while being confused about why the subject has "disappeared from the conversation".
Could anyone here shed some light / share an opinion on it/why "long context windows" aren't discussed any more? Did everyone decide they're not useful? Or they're so obviously useful that nobody wastes time discussing them? Or...