I Built a Semantic Cache for RAG. The Hard Part Was Knowing When NOT to Cache.

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Semantic caching: Reuse answers for sufficiently similar questions. Model routing: Use a cheaper model for suitable questions and a larger model when needed. The evaluation used a fictional hospital FAQ with 40 documents and 158 evaluation questions, including paraphrases, look-alike questions, and unanswerable questions.

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