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Expert Q&A

Who is relevant, and why?

Frontier Development research deskSection 06 · Page 2 of 17Last updated 26 October 2026
Suggested contributor Verified basis for relevance Proposed focus
Tim Dettmers or Artidoro Pagnoni Authors of QLoRA Memory-efficient adaptation and what its claims do not establish
Dan Biderman or a co-author Authors of LoRA Learns Less and Forgets Less Target learning, retention and evaluation design
Hamel Husain Author of a field guide to improving AI products Error analysis and decision-relevant evaluation
Philip Kiely or Ali Taha Guests in the inference engineering conversation Production serving, precision, throughput and latency
Erik Bernhardsson Guest in the Modal compute-economics conversation Elasticity, capacity commitments and utilisation
A qualified privacy/technology lawyer Select and verify qualifications for the buyer’s jurisdictions Data rights, consequential-use classification and exit terms

The final row is a role specification, not an invented expert. Confirm availability, current affiliation and conflicts for every participant before publishing an introduction.

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Sources cited on this page

  1. QLoRA →arxiv.org
  2. LoRA Learns Less and Forgets Less →arxiv.org
  3. a field guide to improving AI products →hamel.dev
  4. the inference engineering conversation →latent.space
  5. the Modal compute-economics conversation →latent.space