RAG for Production - Douwe Kiela
Ten lessons from Douwe's talk on RAG for production:- Systems built around the model are just as important as the AI model.
- Business expertise is the fuel that can drive successful use of RAG or AI agents.
- The gap between pilot and production is underestimated.
- Speed over perfection, let real users (not just testers) access the AI deployment early.
- Abstract away the boring stuff in AI implementation, focus core engineering bandwidth on business instead.
- Make it easy to use.
- Think about adoption as much as you do about data and AI.
- Wow your users.
- Observability matters more than accuracy.
- Aim high.