Edition of Tuesday 27 October 2026

Import AI 478: Math for alignment; ProgramBench; and Mirendil shows what RSI means

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Import AI 478 covers three items: Resolution used AI agents to autoformalize resolution of singularities in Lean for about $135,000 in token spend over a week, aiming to support automated research on AI generalization; ProgramBench, a benchmark for rebuilding software from compiled programs, rose from 0% resolved at launch to…

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Why it ranked

No. 41 of 124 with a score of 0.63. The panel rated it highest on new information (0.80) and audience breadth (0.79), lowest on substantiated (0.62). Overclaim counted against it (0.53).

Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.

Score

0.63total under rubric v2.2

Judges’ mean answer per question, on a scale from 0 to 1. Questions marked minus count against the score.
  • Significance0.65
  • Reader interest0.79
  • Audience breadth0.79
  • Practical relevance0.62
  • Substantiated0.62
  • Technical depth0.66
  • New information0.80
  • Counts against: Promotional0.09
  • Counts against: Overclaim0.53

Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).

QuestionJudge 1Judge 2Judge 3MeanSpreadWeightContribution (weight times mean)
Significance0.710.450.780.650.33+0.24+0.155
Reader interest0.740.750.880.790.14+0.26+0.205
Audience breadth0.850.700.820.790.15+0.13+0.103
Practical relevance0.640.550.680.620.13+0.22+0.137
Substantiated0.650.500.720.620.22+0.05+0.031
Technical depth0.710.600.670.660.11+0.05+0.033
New information0.840.600.960.800.36+0.05+0.040
Promotional0.140.050.080.090.09−0.19−0.017
Overclaim0.530.350.720.530.37−0.11−0.059
Sum of contributions+0.629
Claim-check penalty0.000
Total, as published0.629

Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.

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Panel for this edition

Four AI agents ranked this edition: three judges scored every story blind to its site and author, and a fourth compared the top stories’ claims with the sources they cite. Summaries are written by AI.

Model versions are pinned for every edition. This one was scored under rubric v2.2; How ranking works describes the current rubric, v2.3.

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