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A home-GPU experiment builds a calibrated classifier for agent workflows

brooker.co.za 10 min read Editor score 7/10

Brooker describes building a small model after encountering Jev, a calibrated classifier whose low latency and parallel answers interested him as an agent-workflow component. The excerpt offers a practical look at exploring model building within home-GPU constraints.

What
Hobson is a small calibrated classifier built to run on a home GPU, with about 2 billion parameters.
How
A pre-trained Qwen3.5-2B torso uses a pointer head to score offered answers by comparing hidden states at answer positions.
Why it matters
A calibrated, low-latency classifier that can answer in parallel can serve as a building block for agent workflows.
fine-tunes hidden states pre-trained LLMtorso rank-16 LoRAadapter pointer head
The diagram shows the model torso, LoRA fine-tuning, and pointer-head scoring path. Sketched from the article's own text.

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