Hypothetical Document Embeddings

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A technique to improve RAGs where a user query is used to generate a fake, hallucinated document, which is then embedded to find closer vector matches in the database.

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Stanford CS230 | Autumn 2025 | Lecture 8: Agents, Prompts, and RAG

Stanford CS230 | Autumn 2025 | Lecture 8: Agents, Prompts, and RAG

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A technique to improve RAGs where a user query is used to generate a fake, hallucinated document, which is then embedded to find closer vector matches in the database.