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Vector databases are the wrong abstraction
Today’s vector databases disconnect embeddings from their source data. We should treat embeddings more like database indexes—here’s how.
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Today’s vector databases disconnect embeddings from their source data. We should treat embeddings more like database indexes—here’s how.
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