Techniques to Improve Model Output (20%)

Fine-tuning Approaches

KEY CONCEPTS

  • Supervised fine-tuning: Task-specific adaptation
  • RLHF: Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback
  • LoRA and parameter-efficient methods
  • Continued pre-training vs fine-tuning
  • When NOT to fine-tune

WHAT THE EXAM IS REALLY TESTING

Fine-tuning is expensive and slow. Exam tests whether you recognize when simpler approaches (prompting, RAG) should be tried first.

COMMON TRAPS

  • !Jumping to fine-tuning before trying prompting
  • !Confusing fine-tuning with continued pre-training
  • !Not considering data requirements for fine-tuning

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION

PRACTICE QUESTIONS

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