Simple Single-Shot Tasks Like Shopify's Gain Little From Copying Frontier Outputs

DrJackKruse · x · 2026-09-02

Adding to the distillation debate, JoshPurtell notes route 2 (training on task outputs) is untrackable and low-risk, but single-shot simple tasks like Shopify's don't really benefit from copying frontier outputs — long-horizon and coding tasks are where it could matter.

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