Experts debate low-resource language transfer: calibration issues vs true capability
willdepue · x · 2026-08-20
Discussing model performance in low-resource languages like Welsh, the author argues that test metrics might be unfairly biased due to calibration reasons rather than a true lack of knowledge transfer. The author remains skeptical of the amount of transfer evidenced by MMMLU, noting that generic academic questions found across languages might overestimate transfer, suggesting harder cases like isolated Welsh-to-English knowledge transfer for better validation.
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