04 / How It Goes Wrong
Parametric knowledge
What the model absorbed during training. Broad, frozen at a point in time, and impossible to inspect. Useful for general knowledge, unreliable for anything specific to you.
How you’ll hear it
“How does it know our industry so well?”
“General training. Ask about our own processes and it is guessing.”
Avoid
Relying on training knowledge for anything specific to you.
The longer version
Parametric knowledge is what a model absorbed in training: broad, general, frozen at a point in time and impossible to inspect. Fine for background, unreliable for anything specific, recent or internal.