Yacine's 90-Minute Chat With a1zhang: Why Harnesses Boost LLM Generalization
yacinelearning · x · 2026-10-06
yacinelearning released a 90-minute conversation with a1zhang on why harnesses work so well to increase LLM generalization—something he calls both surprising and fairly obvious.
Topics covered:
- Compositional generalization
- The value of keeping things local and in-distribution
- Why code is the key medium
- What's still missing
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