In the video below, Julieanne demonstrates the new Adaptive Color and Adaptive Black & White profiles in Lightroom Classic and demonstrates their advantages for making selective adjustments and when editing for HDR displays.
Click here for additional information on Adaptive profiles on the Adobe Blog.
Note: Adaptive Profiles can detect people, the background, and the sky in a photo.
For HDR images, you would want to run Photo Merge first, then apply the profile.