Replacing Distillation with Grounded Sources
jon_durbin · x · 2026-07-11
The author argues against direct distillation for several reasons: it can only learn up to the teacher's ceiling, it bakes in the teacher's knowledge gaps, and the process itself is hard to verify.
Instead, they propose an alternative approach:
- Build a massive graph database containing real, traceable sources.
- Reverse-engineer "questions" from "answers" rather than the other way around.
- Perform verifiable checks at every step.
The post emphasizes that this path is far more grounded and better suited for generating high-quality synthetic data.
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