A One-Liner Snark on the Value of Evals
andersonbcdefg · x · 2026-07-11
This post uses a sarcastic one-liner to summarize skepticism towards evaluations: If a round of evals led you to your current conclusion, what was the point of the eval?
It's essentially a rant about scenarios where evaluations are conducted but fail to actually guide decision-making.
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