Is the AI ​​assistant awakening? Revealing the three super powers of RAG, Agent, and MCP, how it can do anything!

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Iris Vance
Updated on:July-09th-2025
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The evolution of AI assistants has made smart life within reach!

Core content:
1. The three superpowers behind AI assistants: Super Memory RAG, Autonomous Thinking Agent, and Internet of Everything MCP
2. The actual application cases and changes brought about by each superpower
3. How to use these superpowers to improve the intelligence level of AI assistants

Yang Fangxian
Founder of 53AI/Most Valuable Expert of Tencent Cloud (TVP)

Have you ever wondered why today's AI assistants have suddenly become so "smart"?

It can check stock market data in three seconds, automatically arrange your business trip itinerary, and even help you write professional reports.
Behind this, the AI ​​industry has quietly unlocked three superpowers:
Super memory, autonomous thinking, and the Internet of Everything. Today we will dismantle these black technologies in human language!
Superpower 1: Super Memory (RAG)
Explanation in one sentence: AI has finally learned to “look up information before answering questions”!
Imagine you ask AI to write a "2024 New Energy Vehicle Report". In the past, AI might make up data, but now -
1️⃣ Flip data: It searches global databases and industry white papers in seconds
2️⃣ Screening focus: Grab the latest battery technology, policies and regulations from massive information
3️⃣ Speak plain language: Summarize the key trends for you in plain language
This is like when a top student writes a paper. He never just talks nonsense, but spends three days in the library looking up information first.
Your gain: From now on, AI answers will come with “references”, and the problem of fabricated data will be reduced by more than half!
Superpower 2: Autonomous Thinking (Agent)
Explanation in one sentence: AI has evolved from a "tool" to an "intelligent butler"!
For example, if you casually say, "I'll take my parents to Yunnan for a week next month," today's AI will:
? Task splitting: Automatically split into booking air tickets, selecting hotels, and arranging tourist routes
? Decision making: Avoid rainy season routes and recommend accessible hotels
?️ Execution: Give you three options to choose from, and you can place an order with one click
It's like hiring a personal assistant with an annual salary of one million. You tell him your goal and he will give you a complete solution.
Your surprise: AI is finally no longer just “you push it and it moves”, but can really take on tasks!
Superpower 3: The Internet of Everything (MCP)
One-sentence explanation: AI has become a "universal socket" that can be used to plug in any tool!
In the past, AI had to connect to the meteorological bureau interface to check the weather, and to connect to the airline system to check flights...
Now with the MCP protocol:
? Unified interface: banking system, office software, smart home can all be connected
⚡ Instant response: You say "Please pay my utility bills", it will directly transfer to Alipay to complete the payment
? Unlimited expansion: In the future, even your smart curtains and car navigation can be controlled
It’s like equipping your AI with a “Swiss Army Knife toolbox” so you can call upon any function you need at any time.

When three super powers combine...
Today’s top AI systems can already do the following:
  • 8:00 a.m. Automatically capture news + industry data to generate briefings (RAG efforts) 10:00 a.m.
  • Analyze your schedule and move the meeting to a time when there is less traffic (Agent decision) 3:00 PM
  • Log in to the company system to export reports and make visual charts (MCP connection)

This is not the most amazing thing! Medical AI can prescribe medicine while checking the case database, and educational AI can automatically generate test papers based on students' wrong questions...
What should you care about?
✅ Anti-fraud guide:
Encountering an AI that speaks without stopping? It may not have "super memory" (RAG)
Can only reply like a repeater? This means that you lack "independent thinking" (Agent)
Can’t even check the weather? You’re definitely not connected to the MCP
The future is here:
Next time you encounter a truly intelligent AI, try these high-level instructions:
"Using the data from the last three years to predict the trend of housing prices in Hangzhou" (Test RAG)
“Design a smart recipe for fat loss and muscle gain, and sync it to my fitness app” (Test Agent+MCP)
In conclusion:
This wave of AI evolution is very similar to the process of humans from "memorizing dictionaries" to "using tools" and then to "using their brains".
Maybe one day, your AI assistant will know better than you do——
When to look up information, when to make your own decisions, and when to use which tool.
What we need to do is to make good use of these "awakened" AI superpowers to live more like a "commander."