Explained by gpt itself as if you were a teddy bear.
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Okay little teddybears, let me explain what retrieval augmented generation is in a way you can understand!
You see, sometimes when big AI models like Claude want to talk about something, they may not know all the facts. But they have a friend named the knowledge base who knows lots of information!
When Claude wants to talk about something new, he first asks the knowledge base "What do you know about X?". The knowledge base looks through all its facts and finds the most helpful ones. Then it shares them with Claude so he has more context before talking.
This process of Claude asking the knowledge base for facts is called retrieval augmented generation. It helps Claude sound smarter and avoid mistakes, because he has extra information from his knowledgeable friend the knowledge base.
The next time Claude wants to chat with you teddybears, he will be even better prepared with facts from the knowledge base to have an interesting conversation!
