ML Researchers Debate What Research 'Taste' Really Means

Former OpenAI researcher Dimitris Papailiopoulos sparred with another ML researcher over the definition of 'taste,' arguing it is as hard to pin down as what makes a good poem and that any metric-based definition can be gamed. He also complained that model writing has not improved since GPT-4, yet taste's elusiveness is good news for humans.

2026-10-07 ~ 2026-10-07 · 3 related posts

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• Ex-OpenAI researcher: taste resists any metric set—and that's good news for humans — DimitrisPapail · 2026-10-07
• Models' writing taste has shown zero improvement since GPT-4, researcher argues — DimitrisPapail · 2026-10-07