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Know when to prompt, retrieve, fine-tune or compress a model.
Fine-Tuning
Fine-tuning continues training an existing model on selected examples to improve a behavior, style or task pattern.
Think of it like
Think of Fine-Tuning 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 Fine-Tuning.
SRE lens
Use it when repeated behavior needs shaping; use RAG for frequently changing knowledge.
Remember thisFine-tuning continues training an existing model on selected examples to improve a behavior, style or task pattern.