Analysis reveals how retrieval-augmented generation transforms academic search, highlighting its potential for future use.
Back in 2022, I was hyped about Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).The novelty of seeing a search engine spit out a direct answer — with citations! — in tools like Elicit and Perplexity felt like the future. I even predicted that this “answers-with-citations” model could become the prominent paradigm for academic search. Three years later, that prediction has partly come true.
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