Scoring 80+ on MMLU is Just Another Tuesday Now
andrew_n_carr · x · 2026-07-22
Tech professional Andrew Carr marvels at the rapid pace of the AI industry: just a year and a half ago, a large language model scoring over 80 on the MMLU (Massive Multitask Language Understanding) benchmark was an industry-shaking event; today, it's just another Tuesday.
This observation resonates with many, directly reflecting how quickly the baseline capabilities of frontier AI models are escalating, and how the psychological threshold for high-performing LLMs continues to rise.
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