Same benchmarks, different breadth: why "benchmaxxing" and "big model smell" point to generalization
ChrisGPT · x · 2026-10-13
A post discussing "Capabilities That Generalize": two models often post similar benchmark scores, yet one handles a much wider range of unfamiliar tasks. That's what complaints of "benchmaxxing" and praise for "big model smell" both get at — a breadth of capability that popular benchmarks in a few domains can't fully capture. ChrisGPT says he'll run some tests on it.
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