Alexis Rondeau

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Reply · Sunday, May 31, 2026 · 10:44

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In reply to @SpringStreetNYC · May 31, 2026

Alright!

The autoresearch agent came up with an unexpected way to push quality to from 40% to 44%:

"First, generate one more option than we actually need, then throw away the one we can most afford to lose, keeping the rest."

Suprises:
1. It's much simpler than the LoRA adapter route
2. It produced four responses that were significantly better than their eval targets
3. I hit an Anthropic API usage limit for the first time (Yay!)

And, man, I have to say: As an experimenter autoresearch is really, really fun to work with, guide and learn from. I wish more people would have this experience in their domains.

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Ah, scratch the "Doesn't use LoRA" surprise. Experiment 056 is built ON-TOP of 046. I forgot to make the diagram-generator aware of this kind of experiment heritage.

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