"tfw you just learned about RAG": Pope's memory tweet becomes an AI meme
tdhopper · x · 2026-10-09
- The Pope posted about intelligence and memory: "Intelligence must draw on memory. The mind must not simply compile data — as an algorithm now does more quickly than we can — but recall lived experiences."
- joelgrus quoted it with "tfw you just learned about RAG," joking that the passage reads like a description of retrieval-augmented generation.
Related event: Pope Leo XIV Says Intelligence Must Root in Memory, Not Algorithms(2 posts)→
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