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Know when to prompt, retrieve, fine-tune or compress a model.
Adapter
An adapter is a small set of trainable components added to or applied alongside a base model to specialize behavior.
Think of it like
Think of Adapter as changing how a trained worker behaves or how efficiently that worker can be deployed, rather than giving it a live reference book.
Real life
Organizations adapt general models using techniques such as Adapter.
SRE lens
Multiple adapters can support different tasks without duplicating the full base model.
Remember thisAn adapter is a small set of trainable components added to or applied alongside a base model to specialize behavior.