The Death of the Static AI Benchmark

Benchmarking as a Measure of Success

Benchmarks are often hailed as a hallmark of success. They are a celebrated way of measuring progress — whether it’s achieving the sub 4-minute mile or the ability to excel on standardized exams. In the context of Artificial Intelligence (AI) benchmarks are the most common method of evaluating a model’s capability. Industry leaders such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, etc. compete in a race to one-up each other with superior benchmark scores. However, recent …

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