Agent Benchmark Harness Criticized: Gimping Long-Term Memory Skews Efficiency Tests
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-07-30
A developer questioned the current practice of using a standardized harness to compare models like Anthropic's. The original author stated that to ensure consistency across providers, they use the same completions-style endpoint without passing back reasoning logs. However, critics argue that restricting the agent's long-term memory for the sake of standardization prevents a valid comparison to human efficiency, suggesting it's time for the old harness to retire.
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