the LoRA is like a modular refinement of the base language model, in this case it's the part that makes it feel like a chatbot / assistant, and makes it follow instructions.
you can see the same concept over at civitai.com, filter by LoRAs. Something like a LoRA for one character can be run on different checkpoints that focus on photorealism or anime, etc.
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the LoRA is like a modular refinement of the base language model, in this case it's the part that makes it feel like a chatbot / assistant, and makes it follow instructions.
you can see the same concept over at civitai.com, filter by LoRAs. Something like a LoRA for one character can be run on different checkpoints that focus on photorealism or anime, etc.