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Is RAG Dead? The Pioneer Who Invented AI's Memory Layer Answers — with Douwe Kiela, Co-Founder, Contextual AI {ICYMI}
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RAG didn't just survive the LLM boom — it became the backbone of how enterprises put AI to work. In this replay, we sit down with Douwe Kiela, the AI researcher who led the team that introduced Retrieval-Augmented Generation in 2020 and went on to co-found Contextual AI. Douwe unpacks whether RAG is here to stay, why most enterprise AI dies in the gap between a great demo and production, how to tame hallucinations, and what actually separates a real "agent" from the buzzword. A clear-eyed conversation on building AI that's grounded, useful, and safe to deploy.
- 00:46 Introducing Douwe Kiela
- 01:37 RAG - Here to Stay or Go?
- 06:59 LLMs with Context
- 08:20 Making AI Successful
- 10:34 Why Contextual AI?
- 17:18 LLM versus SLMs
- 20:28 Speed over Perfection
- 22:07 Hallucinations
- 26:02 Making AI Easy to Consume
- 28:50 Defining an Agent
- 32:53 Reaching Contextual AI
- 33:14 The Contrarian View
- 34:37 The Risks of AI
- 36:53 For Fun
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/douwekiela
Website: contextual.ai
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