Yacine Calls Out Papers That Beat 'SOTA' by Comparing Against Untuned Baselines
yacineMTB · x · 2026-10-04
Yacine MTB posted a widely relatable jab at ML research culture: papers claiming their method beats the competition often turn out, on closer reading, to be comparing against an untuned baseline. The post resonates as a classic critique of unfair experimental setups that inflate 'SOTA-beating' claims in review pipelines.
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