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Why are Agents better at searching with grep than embeddings?
1 points by CShorten 105 days ago
In this clip from the latest Weaviate Podcast, Doug Turnbull explains why simple lexical tools like grep work so well for agents: The transparent input-output relationship lets the agent reason about why results matched, adjust its strategy, and plan its next query.

https://x.com/weaviatepodcast/status/2028570908978262458