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The Frozen Model Invented Improvements Too

A measured null exposed seven ways transition-level self-improvement ledgers can manufacture gains.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-08-23-019
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Summary

A measured null exposed seven ways transition-level self-improvement ledgers can manufacture gains.

A frozen control pushed through the same evaluation pipeline showed apparent capability changes, including artifacts tied to greedy decoding and batching. A per-problem exact test with false-discovery-rate control found no changes on held-out null replicates, making matched baseline measurement the paper’s central recommendation.

Why it matters

A measured null exposed seven ways transition-level self-improvement ledgers can manufacture gains.

Limits and context

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Key claims

  1. A measured null exposed seven ways transition-level self-improvement ledgers can manufacture gains.

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Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2608.20290arXiv · primary research

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