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RAG isn't dead, RAG is just fiddly, you need to tune retrieval to the task. Also, grep is a form of RAG, it just doesn't use embeddings.
by CuriouslyC 1y ago
RAG isn't dead, RAG is just fiddly, you need to tune retrieval to the task. Also, grep is a form of RAG, it just doesn't use embeddings.
- nbstme 1y agoYes my point is that the entire RAG pipeline like ingest, chunk, embed, search with Elastic, rerank is in decline. Grep is far simpler. It’s trivial.
- tw1984 1y agoNo, grep is not RAG. RAG is all about embeddings + vector search + LLM working under a fixed workflow. Saying grep is also RAG is like saying ext4 + grep is a database.
- rpcorb 1y agoYou don't decide what "RAG" means, a term that's been around for much, much less time than "database".
- CuriouslyC 1y agoSo you're saying grep isn't a form of information retrieval?
- tw1984 1y agoinformation retrieval is a much larger superset of RAG. grep + agentic LLM is not RAG.
- leobg 1y agoRetrieval Augmented Generation. How you do the retrieving is irrelevant. You can do it manually and it’ll still be RAG. Also, most RAG pipelines combine multiple approaches - BM25, embeddings, etc..
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