Researchers Debate METR Acceleration Report, Urge Reading the Source

Discussion around METR's acceleration report continues: one researcher notes the quoted optimism reflects Opus 4.5's coding strength, while critic gleech questions the AECI benchmark suite's remaining components and urges people to read the original paper rather than trust instant Twitter takes.

2026-11-06 ~ 2026-11-06 · 3 related posts

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• Don't defer to Twitter's sub-hour takes on METR — read the source — gleech · 2026-11-06