Dev Calls for Return to Pure Base Models, Warns Against Agent Trajectory Bloat
cephaloform · x · 2026-08-12
A developer strongly urged the community to interact more with base models rather than relying on models heavily fine-tuned or mixed with agent trajectories.
The author criticized the trend of over-processing pure base models—which are pre-trained on tens of trillions of tokens of human blogs and computer logs—emphasizing the irreplaceable value of pure base models in terms of foundational capabilities and plasticity.
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