Adventures in RAG: Practical Lessons from Deploying Retrieval-Augmented Generation Systems

Explore a technical practitioner-level conference talk from the Data Science Festival Oktoberfest 2024 where Amit Kohli and Kyle Barker from Access Social Care & Flagstone share real-world experiences implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) in social care. Discover the fundamentals of RAG systems, examine actual code implementations, and learn about encountered challenges and innovative solutions, including addressing plagiarism concerns. Gain practical insights into RAG deployment effectiveness, understand its limitations and potential, and evaluate when implementing an imperfect RAG system might still be beneficial. Through a blend of technical demonstration and humorous AI mishaps, acquire actionable knowledge for enhancing RAG implementations while exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and social care services.