Lithos: stop treating AI benchmarks as proof, define your own metrics
JiaZhihao · x · 2026-09-16
Lithos AI argues benchmarks shouldn't be treated as absolute proof of model or inference quality. Teams should define metrics (E2E latency, tokens/s/user, TTFT, throughput, cost per token) from real workloads before reading benchmark results, and validate benchmarks against production conditions.
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