Models Are Capped by Their Harness: Are Humans Capped by Their Worldview?
yunta_tsai · x · 2026-08-06
Drawing an analogy from AI models whose performance heavily depends on their evaluation harness, the author reflects on human cognition. He suggests that just as a change in harness can degrade or boost a model, human potential might be similarly capped by our worldview, limiting what we can achieve.
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