AI Research Needs More Failed Experiments: Kibitzer Training Recap

BlackHC · x · 2026-07-31

The post calls for academia to document and share failed AI experiments, arguing that current papers often only present 'just-so' stories of success, making it hard for new researchers to learn the actual research process.

The cited blog details the training recap of the Kibitzer model. Highlights include achieving an excellent size-to-strength ratio purely through supervised training, data scaling, and search (without RL). It covers the architecture (including an SSM hypothesis), final training recipe, Elo evaluation, and transparently shares failed RL experiments and what went wrong.

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