Toby Ord: RL's scaling surprise may hinge on mid-training, benchmark gains may overstate progress
tobyordoxford · x · 2026-09-24
Toby Ord discusses RL scaling: generalization to non-verifiable tasks is better than expected, possibly due to mid-training; or models may just be learning what's tested, making benchmarks misrepresent overall progress.
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