Jagged frontier

A pattern where a model does some tasks well and fails at others, and the line between them is uneven and hard to predict, even for tasks that seem equally hard.

Also called

  • Jagged edge
  • Jagged intelligence

Often confused with

  • Frontier model A foundation model that is among the current 'best-of-the-best' in the world; the set changes every few months.

Related

  • Benchmark A fixed, standardized eval suite held constant so comparisons are fair: across models, across approaches, or over time.

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