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Evaluating a Model Adaptation Strategy

A well-funded tech company plans to adapt a state-of-the-art, 175-billion-parameter language model for a new, highly specialized domain. Their lead engineer proposes an adaptation method that involves retraining every single parameter of the model on their new dataset. Critique this proposal, focusing specifically on the practical challenges related to the computational resources required. In your evaluation, justify why this approach might be problematic even for a company with significant financial resources.

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