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Level 5: AI / LLM systems · L5.1 LLM fundamentals for architects

Prompting vs RAG vs fine-tuning

Choose the right adaptation technique for a use case.

12 min · Pro

What you take away

  • Diagnose what is missing before choosing: instruction, knowledge, or behaviour. Each has its own fix.

And 3 more inside the class, in Pro.

How the class is laid out

  1. The problem
  2. Three missing things, three fixes
  3. They combine, and the cost interacts
  4. The mechanism
  5. Transformers
  6. Latency and cost
  7. Choosing a technique
  8. Check your understanding