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Candy-Glazed Ribs and AI Benchmarks That Taste Like Victory — But Leave You Hungry

Picture ribs so sweet they shine like lacquer, crowning world champs — yet the pitmaster spits them out. That's Goodhart's Law in action, and it's devouring AI benchmarks right now.

theAIcatchup Apr 10, 2026 4 min read
Glossy sugar-glazed competition BBQ ribs beside an AI model leaderboard chart

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Goodhart's Law turns metrics into games, splitting 'winning' from 'great' — BBQ to AI benchmarks. 𝕏
  • AI leaderboards are gamed via data leaks; fight with poly-evals and chaos-mode testing. 𝕏
  • Futurist fix: Shift to agentic, sandbox metrics for true platform power by 2026. 𝕏
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