rasbt coins "Benchmaxxing": making the numbers look better (best optics)
infoxiao · x · 2026-11-12
Sebastian Raschka's widely shared one-liner: Hillclimbing = make the model better (best intentions); Benchmarking = measure how much better (best effort); Benchmaxxing = make the numbers look better (best optics). @infoxiao adds: the industry today is bench pressing all of the above — intentions, effort, and optics. A crisp summary of the tension between leaderboard culture and real capability gains.
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