Critic jab: a benchmark whose goal is literally 'humans had fun'
RexDouglass · x · 2026-09-12
Rex Douglass mocks an ongoing AI evaluation debate, arguing its goal has been constructed as literally 'humans had fun': the final answer doesn't matter, what you learned doesn't matter, new opportunities unlocked don't matter—the only question left is whether Terry Tao personally had fun. The post is a sarcastic take whose fuller original context is not included.
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