Faster inference chips let you compress evals to test long-horizon tasks between model releases
gordic_aleksa · x · 2026-09-26
Aleksa Gordić highlights an underappreciated side benefit of faster inference hardware: compressed eval wallclock means you can still evaluate long-horizon tasks whose runtime would otherwise exceed the cadence of model releases.
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