Relying solely on benchmarks and consensus fails to capture true model capabilities
nptacek · x · 2026-08-22
Capability remains incredibly jagged, and if you don't have your own ongoing metrics to gauge each model against, you are doing yourself a disservice if you only assume what's "best" based on benchmarks and timeline consensus.
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