Another "hard" benchmark falls — Xeophon mocks recurring eval hype cycles

xeophon · x · 2026-09-17

Xeophon re-shares his own old quip: "another day, another 'hard' bench gets beaten by simple Not Having A Skill Issue" — mocking that benchmarks labeled as high-difficulty keep being cleared by models through solid fundamentals, pointing to flaws in the benchmarks rather than model limits. He notes this observation is worth retweeting weekly.

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