METR report researcher quotes lean bullish: Opus 4.5 coding plus faster experiment cycles
gleech · x · 2026-11-06
Greg Burnham notes the researcher quotes in the METR report aren't crazy: they highlight Opus 4.5/4.6 coding strength and Mythos running experiments for faster iterations. gleech counters that his point isn't that three weak benchmarks explain away the acceleration, but that AECI's other components likely aren't good either.
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