Opinion: Evaluation Harnesses Will Matter Less as Models Become More Capable
abacaj · x · 2026-08-13
The author argues that as AI models become more capable, the importance of evaluation harnesses will decrease. He questions whether current harnesses can actually improve the performance of weaker models like GPT-3, or if they only seem impressive because the underlying models are already highly capable.
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