Ethan Mollick: 'talk to your documents' RAG solutions already feel dated
emollick · x · 2026-11-12
Wharton professor Ethan Mollick joked on X: "Hey, remember 'talk to your documents' RAG-based solutions as the future of AI? Crazy times a year and a half ago."
The quip captures how quickly the previous generation of RAG-centric document-Q&A narratives has been eclipsed by agents and long-context models — a telling observation on shifting AI application paradigms.
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