My METR colleague @slimshetty_ has an interesting post exploring the nature of improvements to NanoGPT Speedruns over time. I find the history of speedruns in general fascinating.
One thing that stands out is the cumulative effect of relatively shallow contributions.
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He also tries to profile which of these were entirely AI contributed using tags in the official record history.
My METR colleague @slimshetty_ has an interesting post exploring the nature of improvements to NanoGPT Speedruns over time. I find the history of speedruns in general fascinating.
One thing that stands out is the cumulative effect of relatively shallow contributions.
Full post here: https://metr.org/notes/2026-04-21-ai-rd-nanogpt-progress/#ii-classifying-nanogpt-speedrun-contributions
He also tries to profile which of these were entirely AI contributed using tags in the official record history.
