Agent named 'Ilya' reportedly scores 1.1pt higher on benchmarks
daniel_mac8 · x · 2026-10-16
While benchmarking their AutoResearch harness, developers noticed a 1.1pt jump in benchmark performance when the agent's name is set to Ilya. Someone followed up with a playful /skills/be-ilya/SKILL.md prompting the model to answer what Ilya would do, what raw material he'd start from, which methods and tools he'd use, and what would prove the result right — joking it's the new alpha. A fun AI-community anecdote, not a serious finding.
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