Vector database is not a separate database category

In the near future, it's evident that every type of database, whether graph, relational, document, or key-value, will incorporate some form of vector search. This shift blurs the line between specialized "vector databases" and traditional ones, as incumbents join the race to capture the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) workloads, ultimately questioning whether "vector database" is a separate category or simply a feature that any database can offer.