Every good benchmark is now a meta-target for auto-research agents
maksym_andr · x · 2026-10-24
nielstron observes that every good benchmark has effectively become a meta-benchmark target for auto-research agents, citing Maksym Andrusiv's posttrainbench as an example — automated research agents now systematically optimize against the benchmarks meant to evaluate them.
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