Brute-forcing benchmark-style queries won't train retrievers that generalize
bclavie · x · 2026-10-17
Replying to his own thread on tip-of-the-tongue queries, bclavie argues that brute-forcing training queries that look like the benchmarks is not a solution — it won't produce a model that generalizes beyond the training setting. Better training and scoring are needed.
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