Many generative AI use cases still struggle with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) despite attempts to improve it with Agents.
The Agentic Knowledge Distillation + Pyramid Search Approach simplifies the RAG process by focusing on distilling meaningful information.
Using a pyramid structure, the approach involves converting documents to Markdown, extracting insights, distilling concepts, creating abstracts, and storing recollections.
The pyramid structure allows for efficient retrieval in both traditional RAG and Agentic cases at inference time.
Results from the approach show its effectiveness in fact-finding and complex research tasks, producing detailed reports with low token usage.
Key benefits of the pyramid approach include reduced cognitive load, superior table processing, context preservation, optimized token usage, and efficient concept exploration.
Challenges include establishing meaningful evaluation metrics, especially for nuanced questions and analytical responses.
Future directions include tracking and evaluating recollections over time to ensure system success and applying the approach to organizational data for alignment purposes.
The approach leverages the full power of Language Model (LLM) at ingestion and retrieval time, providing flexibility for various query types and promising performance for large datasets.
Overall, the Agentic Knowledge Distillation + Pyramid Search Approach offers a significant improvement in response quality and performance for high-value questions.