Eval lead on benchmaxxing concerns: "we will always have newer tasks"
cHHillee · x · 2026-10-30
Responding to worries about "benchmaxxing," mertgulsun said he isn't concerned: model teams optimizing against benchmarks are structurally at a disadvantage, because eval providers will always keep shipping newer tasks — "You'll never outpace us." cHHillee amplified the remark. The exchange touches on how the eval industry plans to counter benchmark overfitting.
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