Frontier models double as RL teachers for smaller siblings, argues poster
haider1 · x · 2026-09-07
The author argues frontier models aren't just end products: internally, a frontier model like Astra can act as a teacher for smaller models (sol, terra, luna) — generating problems, solution paths, and verification for reinforcement learning. Each frontier model thus makes the whole model family better and cheaper.
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