VectorDBs are not LLMs or SQL replacements and RAG is not data compression. Again this is just going to dwindle into semantics and where one draws boundaries. I

VectorDBs are not LLMs or SQL replacements and RAG is not data compression. Again this is just going to dwindle into semantics and where one draws boundaries. I can randomly remove bits from my HDD and call it compression. If you think humans are data compressors then I have no argument. Can you get transformers to regurgitate information verbatim? Yes. Would anyone in their right mind rely on a transformer to do so? No. Would anyone in their right mind rely on a vectorDB to do so? No. Would anyone in their right mind use a vectorDB/RAG/SQL/transformer combo to do so? Yes. Is youtube going to drop VP9 for GeminiEncode to save google billions in bandwidth? No.