Math is far more verifiable at scale, which is why RL progress clusters there
burny_tech · x · 2026-10-28
The author argues that math is relatively much more verifiable at scale than most other domains, and that's where most current AI progress is happening — domains you can more easily hillclimb with RL. Verifiability gaps are shaping where research advances concentrate.
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