The useful bridge
Retrieval is a bridge, not a destination.
Vector search makes past information reachable. The deeper design question is what decides relevance, context, memory, and forgetting over time.
A question worth carrying forward
The source question is deliberately open: RAG can solve a temporary systems limitation without being the final architecture for AI memory. Use the map below to think in layers.
Vector search makes past information reachable. The deeper design question is what decides relevance, context, memory, and forgetting over time.
A precise provocation: RAG is not dismissed, but framed as a temporary systems workaround.
A vocabulary for the layers around retrieval, without claiming a settled final architecture.
Which memories deserve continuity, and who or what governs that decision?