Fun with Large Models

Feb 16, 2025 · Artificial Intelligence

Can You Claim to Know Large Models? Guide to Distillation, Quantization & Fine‑Tuning

This article explains why the massive DeepSeek V3/R1 model (671 B parameters) is hard to deploy and introduces three key techniques—model distillation, quantization, and fine‑tuning—that can shrink, accelerate, or specialize large models, while outlining their trade‑offs and practical steps.