Researcher says nanoGPT speedrun gains largely come from environment definition

A researcher argues that most nanoGPT speedrun gains stem from environment definition and hyperparameter tuning rather than genuine capability, and notes that newer models like Opus 5.5 have already broken the human record on the task.

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