Re:Claude Code's new hidden feature: Swarms
by ryanjshaw on Sunday January 25, 2026 @09:00AM
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Aside from what you said about applicability, the paper actually contradicts their claim!
In the domain alignment section:
> The coefficient for “in-domain” is 0.004(p < 0.01), suggesting that in-domain roles generally lead to better performance than out-domain roles.
Although the effect size is small, why would you not take advantage of it.
Re:Claude Code's new hidden feature: Swarms
by megawatts on Sunday February 01, 2026 @06:13PM
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I would be interested in an eval that checked both conditions: you are an amazing x Vs. you are a terrible x. also there have been a bunch of papers recently looking at whether threatening the llm improves output, would like to see a variation that tries carrot and stick as well.
What the paper is really addressing is does key words like you are a helpful assistant give better results.
The paper is not addressing a role such as you are system designer, or you are security engineer which will produce completely different results and focus the results of the LLM.