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Position Paper 5.10
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Revised 2025-11-14
Expires: 18 May 2026
Vector Databases Are a Fad
Withdrawn in full. See errata 7.2.
This draft has expired. It was last revised 2025-11-14, more than 185
days ago, so under the rule this document borrows from the Internet-Draft series it is out of date
until revised. It is not withdrawn and not hidden. It simply says so.
Retracted 2025-11-14. The central claim failed. Retrieval quality at scale turned out to depend on index properties the author had dismissed, and the operational story matured faster than predicted. See erratum 7.2.
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This paper is retracted in full. The text is retained rather than deleted, per Section 2.2: nothing here is deleted.
The central claim failed. What the paper was actually right about was narrower and less quotable. See erratum 7.2.
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