Fine-Tuning
Fine-tuning is the process of further training a pre-trained AI model on a specific dataset to improve its performance for a particular task or domain.
Fine-tuning takes a general-purpose language model and specializes it for a specific use case. The base model has broad knowledge from pre-training, but fine-tuning adjusts its weights using domain-specific data so it excels at particular tasks - like generating legal documents, writing code in a specific framework, or handling customer support conversations.
The process involves collecting task-specific training examples, running additional training passes on the model, and evaluating the results against benchmarks. Fine-tuning requires fewer examples and less compute than training from scratch because the model already has general language understanding.
For business AI platforms, fine-tuning is one of several techniques used to improve agent performance. Pocodot combines fine-tuned models with prompt engineering, RAG, and tool-use to deliver agents that understand business context and execute tasks accurately. This multi-layered approach outperforms any single technique used in isolation.
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Large Language Model (LLM)
A large language model (LLM) is a type of AI model trained on vast amounts of text data that can understand and generate human language with remarkable fluency.
Machine Learning
Machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence where systems learn patterns from data and improve their performance over time without being explicitly programmed for each scenario.
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
RAG is a technique that enhances AI responses by retrieving relevant information from external data sources before generating an answer, reducing hallucinations and improving accuracy.
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