That's my general impression as well. RAG is absolutely here to stay because it's an incredibly useful, practical tool.
Going off on a tangent here, but ChatGPT Search is miles ahead of the, with all due respect, garbage that Google Search spews these days. Honestly, Google Search is now in a very awkward position where using an old-style keyword search doesn't really do what I want and asking it a question ChatGPT-style doesn't do what I want, either. I don't even know how to use it anymore to get good results. And why even bother when ChatGPT Search exists?
Going off on a tangent here, but ChatGPT Search is miles ahead of the, with all due respect, garbage that Google Search spews these days. Honestly, Google Search is now in a very awkward position where using an old-style keyword search doesn't really do what I want and asking it a question ChatGPT-style doesn't do what I want, either. I don't even know how to use it anymore to get good results. And why even bother when ChatGPT Search exists?