When Will The Benchmaxxing Plague End?
Conference Context
- Date/time: 2026-06-29 · 2:50pm-3:10pm
- Track/room: AI Architects: Show my Workflow · Track 9
- Speaker(s): Nick Heiner
- Session type/status: session · confirmed
- Track: AI Architects: Show my Workflow
- Room: Track 9
- Session type: session
- Status: confirmed
Session Description
Model releases are heralded by a flourish of trumpets, a chorus of weeping angels, and often, inflated benchmark claims. Why do benchmarks so often not reflect real-world value? Is it intrinsic to the science of benchmarking, or just the consequence of our current practices? Is LM Arena a cancer on AI?
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When Will The Benchmaxxing Plague End? ## Conference Context - Date/time: 2026-06-29 · 2:50pm-3:10pm - Track/room: AI Architects: Show my Workflow · Track 9 - Speaker(s): Nick Heiner - Session type/status: session · confirmed - Track: AI Architects: Show my Workflow - Room: Track 9 - Session type: session - Status: confirmed ## Session Description Model releases are heralded by a flourish of trumpets, a chorus of weeping angels, and often, inflated benchmark claims. Why do benchmarks so often not reflect real-world value? Is it intrinsic to the science of benchmarking, or just the consequence of our current practices?
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- Nick Heiner — VP of RL Environments at Surge AI.
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