retrieval
4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Apr 27, 2024 by Shawn Wang · across every show →
Everything said about retrieval, oldest first
Apr 27, 2024 negative
Dec 23, 2024 positive
May 29, 2025 neutral
Massive context windows will not eliminate the need for RAG retrieval
“Like if you do have billion token context window model, you throw it all in there. It's still gonna be more expensive. The reason why retrieval is so important for us is because even if there is a model that's going to have these larger context windows, and ce…”
Mar 9, 2026 bearish
Shah: Pure retrieval AI memory fails on non-literal questions
“Traditionally you have this retrieval thing that happens. So you get a question, you retrieve something, and an answer is generated based on that. But we think that it will not work for most non-literal questions, like find the best monitor for me. If I've nev…”