Dev mocks IQ benchmark inflation: models at 1000 IQ, then a bajillion
willcb · x · 2026-10-19
willdb satirizes model benchmark culture: in a few years models will have 1000 IQ points, then 100K, then a bajillion — thank god IQ 'preserves real meaning across orders of magnitude.' And when we exhaust IQ, someone will just invent IQ-Verified or Final-IQ-Bench-Pro that scales forever.
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