A good eval is an economically valuable hash that must be inverted without cheating
vaibhavk97 · x · 2026-10-31
The author frames eval design as: a good eval is an economically valuable hash that has to be inverted without cheating. The key inequality: agent tokens (build + human taste) plus verify tokens must be far less than agent tokens to solve. Good evals hide what the real world hides, and are cheap to verify.
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