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The Peak Is Predictable, the Moment It Arrives Is Not

A distillation scaling paper predicts peak accuracy to within 0.7 of a point at held-out scales. Its own appendices record three other quantities it could not fit. Counting what it claims against what it delivers.

October 2, 2026 · 6 min · 1173 words