The Craft of Post-Training
A Practical Guide for AI Engineers and Developers
$163.73
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2026
Summary
If you’re a practitioner who has watched a promising AI demo fail to survive contact with production, where prompting hits its ceiling, retrieval isn’t enough, and the model still can’t be trusted with your domain, post-training is what you’ve been missing.
The Craft of Post-Training is a practical guide to turning foundation models into production-ready systems – reshaping behavior, aligning to your values, and deploying with confidence. Each technique is taught concept-firs…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781718505209 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1718505205 |
| Author: | Chris Von Csefalvay |
| Publisher: | No Starch Press,US |
| Imprint: | No Starch Press,US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 235mm |
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Chris Von Csefalvay
Chris von Csefalvay
Chris von Csefalvay is a Principal at HCLTech’s AI Practice, leading post-training research and clinical intelligence. He has held senior data science leadership roles across major enterprises and designed language models for applications ranging from pharmacovigilance to social dynamics. He holds degrees from Oxford and Cardiff, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and a Senior Member of IEEE.
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