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AI professionals discuss fine-tuning RAG, while wake word necessity is questioned

The concept of fine-tuning retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems has become a common topic in AI discussions, with professionals readily accepting the idea. Separately, the necessity of wake words like "Hey Siri" or "Okay Google" for AI activation is being questioned, prompting a re-evaluation of how users interact with AI assistants. AI

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AI professionals discuss fine-tuning RAG, while wake word necessity is questioned

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    A few months back I sat in a meeting where someone said, dead serious, "we should fine-tune the RAG." Nobody blinked. Everyone just nodded, the way you nod when

    A few months back I sat in a meeting where someone said, dead serious, "we should fine-tune the RAG." Nobody blinked. Everyone just nodded, the way you nod when a doctor says a Latin word and you'd rather die than ask what it means. Thing is, that sentence didn't mean anything. F…

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    The Question That Started It All Every AI you use today needs to be called. "Hey Siri." "Okay Google." "Alexa." I kept asking myself: why? Your ears don't wait

    The Question That Started It All Every AI you use today needs to be called. "Hey Siri." "Okay Google." "Alexa." I kept asking myself: why? Your ears don't wait to be called to hear. Your brain doesn't wait to be called to remember. So why should AI? That question became Karl. Wha…