Delete your priors: why every SOTA model drop should reset how you think the world works
zack_overflow · x · 2026-10-27
A widely-shared argument for epistemic reset during rapid model iteration:
- Every new SOTA model changes things in unpredictable ways; your priors only cover a fraction of the ripple effects.
- The only way forward is to deliberately delete parts of your mental model of "how the world works" and re-derive them from scratch.
- Some things may have stayed the same; but the dramatic shifts everyone missed because they clung to their priors are where the upside is — that's how you capture what others overlook.
A contrarian methodology claim: dropping ego and periodically resetting judgments beats defending old views in the AI era.
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