Once a Model Ships Training Is Frozen: Harness Tweaks Can't Rescue Weak Models
gerardsans · x · 2026-11-15
@gerardsans explains the hierarchy: after release, training is frozen and the harness is your only lever — training data support comes first, harness second. "An AI model trained with phonebooks will not write Shakespeare sonnets. No matter the harness." Neither harness nor clever prompting fixes weak models or data gaps.
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