---
base_model: unsloth/qwen3-1.7b
tags:
- text-generation-inference
- transformers
- unsloth
- qwen3
- small-language-model
- edge-deployment
- reasoning
- efficient-llm
license: apache-2.0
language:
- en
library_name: transformers
model_name: Daemontatox/Droidz
---




# 🧠 Model Card: **Daemontatox/Droidz**

**Daemontatox/Droidz** is a highly-optimized, compact language model built on top of `unsloth/qwen3-1.7b`, engineered for fast, intelligent inference on **consumer-grade devices**. It's part of an **ongoing research effort** to close the performance gap between small and large language models using architectural efficiency, reflective reasoning techniques, and lightweight distributed training.

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## 🧬 Objective

The goal of Droidz is to:

* Achieve **close-to-7B model quality** with <2B parameter models.
* Support **edge deployment**: mobile, CPU, small GPU.
* Provide **accurate, fast, reflective** generation in constrained environments.
* Enable **scalable fine-tuning** through efficient, distributed training pipelines.

---

## 🛠️ Model Overview

| Field           | Detail                                                       |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Base model      | `unsloth/qwen3-1.7b`                                         |
| Architecture    | Transformer, Qwen3-architecture (2.7x faster rope)           |
| Finetuned on    | Proprietary curated instruction + reasoning dataset          |
| Training Method | Distributed LoRA + Flash-Attn2 + PEFT + DDP                  |
| Model Size      | \~1.7B params                                                |
| Precision       | bfloat16 (training), supports int4/int8 (inference)          |
| Language        | English only (monolingual)                                   |
| License         | Apache-2.0                                                   |
| Intended Use    | Conversational AI, edge agents, assistants, embedded systems |

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## 🏗️ Training Details

### Training Infrastructure

* **Frameworks:** `transformers`, `unsloth`, `accelerate`, `PEFT`
* **Backends:** Fully-distributed with `DeepSpeed Zero 2`, `DDP`, `fsdp`, and `Flash Attention v2`
* **Devices:** A100 (80GB), RTX 3090 clusters, TPU v5e (mixed)
* **Optimizer:** AdamW + Cosine LR schedule + Warmup steps
* **Batching:** Dynamic packing enabled, up to 2048 context tokens
* **Checkpointing:** Async gradient checkpointing for memory efficiency
* **Duration:** \~1.2M steps across multiple domains

### Finetuning Methodology

* **Reflection prompting**: Models are trained to self-verify and revise outputs.
* **Instruction tuning**: Curated prompt-response pairs across diverse reasoning domains.
* **Multi-domain generalization**: Code, logic puzzles, philosophy, and conversational tasks.
* **Optimization:** Gradient accumulation + progressive layer freezing.

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## 🔮 Example Use Cases

* **Conversational AI** for mobile and web apps
* **Offline reasoning agents** (Raspberry Pi, Jetson Nano, etc.)
* **Embedded chatbots** with local-only privacy
* **Edge-side logic assistants** for industry-specific workflows
* **Autonomous tools** for summarization, code suggestion, self-verification

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## ⚡ Inference Code

```python
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM, TextStreamer

model_id = "Daemontatox/Droidz"

tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_id)
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
    model_id,
    device_map="auto",  # or {"": "cuda:0"} for manual
    torch_dtype="auto"  # uses bf16/fp16 if available
)

streamer = TextStreamer(tokenizer)

prompt = "Explain the concept of reinforcement learning simply."

inputs = tokenizer(prompt, return_tensors="pt").to(model.device)
_ = model.generate(**inputs, max_new_tokens=200, streamer=streamer)
```

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## 🧪 Performance Benchmarks

| Hardware                   | Mode         | Throughput    | VRAM / RAM | Notes                            |
| -------------------------- | ------------ | ------------- | ---------- | -------------------------------- |
| RTX 3060 12GB (FP16)       | Transformers | \~37 tokens/s | \~5.1 GB   | Good for batch inference         |
| MacBook M2 (Metal backend) | Transformers | \~23 tokens/s | \~3.6 GB   | Works well on 8-core M2          |
| Intel i7-12700H (CPU-only) | GGUF (Q4)    | \~8 tokens/s  | \~4.1 GB   | Llama.cpp via `llm` or Koboldcpp |
| Jetson Orin Nano (8GB)     | INT4 GGUF    | \~6 tokens/s  | \~3.2 GB   | Embedded/IoT ready               |

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## 🧠 Prompt Samples

### ❓ Prompt: *"What is backpropagation in neural networks?"*

> Backpropagation is a training algorithm that adjusts a neural network’s weights by computing gradients of error from output to input layers using the chain rule. It’s the core of how neural networks learn.

### 🔧 Prompt: *"Fix the bug: \`print('Score:' + 100)"*

> You’re trying to concatenate a string with an integer. Use: `print('Score:' + str(100))`

### 🔍 Prompt: *"Summarize the Stoic concept of control."*

> Stoics believe in focusing only on what you can control—your actions and thoughts—while accepting what you cannot control with calm detachment.

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## 🔐 Quantization Support (Deployment-Ready)

| Format   | Status   | Tool         | Notes                       |
| -------- | -------- | ------------ | --------------------------- |
| GGUF     | ✅ Stable | llama.cpp    | Works on CPUs, Android, Web |
| GPTQ     | ✅ Stable | AutoGPTQ     | For fast GPU inference      |
| AWQ      | ✅ Tested | AutoAWQ      | 4-bit low-latency inference |
| FP16     | ✅ Native | Transformers | RTX/Apple Metal ready       |
| bfloat16 | ✅        | Transformers | For A100/TPU-friendly runs  |

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## 🧱 Architecture Enhancements

* **FlashAttention2**: Fused softmax and dropout for 2–3x attention speed boost.
* **Unslo†h Patch**: Accelerated training/inference kernel replacements
* **Rope Scaling**: Extended context window support for long-input reasoning
* **Rotary Embedding Interpolation**: Improves generalization beyond pretraining length
* **LayerDrop + Activation Checkpointing**: For ultra-efficient memory training

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## ✅ Intended Use

| Use Case                    | Suitable |
| --------------------------- | -------- |
| Local chatbots / assistants | ✅        |
| Developer coding copilots   | ✅        |
| Offline reasoning agents    | ✅        |
| Educational agents          | ✅        |
| Legal / financial advisors  | ❌        |
| Medical diagnosis           | ❌        |

> Model is not suitable for domains where accuracy or factual correctness is critical without verification.

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## 🚫 Known Limitations

* Context length currently capped at 2048 (can be increased via RoPE interpolation).
* Struggles with long-form generation (>1024 tokens).
* Not multilingual (yet).
* Sensitive to prompt phrasing without CoT or self-correction format.

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## 📍 Roadmap

* [ ] Expand to multilingual support via cross-lingual bootstrapping.
* [ ] Integrate Mamba-style recurrence for long-context inference.
* [ ] Release optimized GGUF + quantized weights for browser/Android.
* [ ] Explore retrieval-augmented reflection (RAR) capabilities.

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## 👨‍💻 Author

* **Name**: Daemontatox
* **Affiliation**: Independent Researcher
* **Contact**: [HuggingFace Profile](https://huggingface.co/Daemontatox)
* **Focus**: LLM compression, theory of mind, agent intelligence on the edge

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## 📖 Citation

```bibtex
@misc{daemontatox2025droidz,
  title={Droidz: A Fast, Reflective Small Language Model for Reasoning on Edge Devices},
  author={Daemontatox},
  year={2025},
  howpublished={\url{https://huggingface.co/Daemontatox/Droidz}},
  note={Ongoing Research}
}
```