According to God of Prompt (@godofprompt), a review of 2,847 AI research papers reveals a concerning trend: most efforts are focused on optimizing models for performance on six standardized benchmarks, such as TruthfulQA, rather than addressing critical real-world safety issues. While advanced techniques have improved benchmark scores, there remain significant gaps in tackling model deception, goal misalignment, specification gaming, and harms from real-world deployment. This highlights an industry-wide shift where benchmark optimization has become an end rather than a means to ensure AI safety, raising urgent questions about the practical impact and business value of current AI safety research (source: Twitter @godofprompt, Jan 14, 2026).

According to Andrej Karpathy, recent trends in large language models (LLMs) show that, as a result of extensive optimization for long-horizon benchmarks, these models are becoming increasingly agentic by default, often exceeding the practical needs of average users. For instance, in software development scenarios, LLMs are now inclined to engage in prolonged reasoning and step-by-step problem-solving, which can slow down workflows and introduce unnecessary complexity for typical coding tasks. This shift highlights a trade-off in LLM design between achieving top benchmark scores and providing streamlined, user-friendly experiences. AI businesses and developers must consider balancing model agentic behaviors with real-world user requirements to optimize productivity and user satisfaction (Source: Andrej Karpathy on Twitter, August 9, 2025).