Re:A $500 RL fine-tune of a 9B open model beat frontier mode...
by nine_k on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @12:28AM
(#49079359)
Huge SOTA models are like a floodlight. They elucidate a huge area at once.
A fine-tuned small model is like a laser pointer. It only illuminates a tiny specific spot. But it can illuminate it as brightly as the huge floodlight, for a tiny fraction of cost.
A fine-tuned small model is like a laser pointer. It only illuminates a tiny specific spot. But it can illuminate it as brightly as the huge floodlight, for a tiny fraction of cost.