Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen

Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by __MatrixMan__ on Monday November 02, 2026 @05:02PM (#50344495)

It doesn't seem like there's room for recursion here though. A smart model can share its smarts with a dumb one, but the ceiling remains unchanged. Perhaps there's juice to squeeze in verifiable dimensions re: software, math, but there are similar ceilings to be found in those places. We can't keep asking harder and harder questions infinitely while remaining able to verify the answers.

It is astounding, but I don't think it's well set up for anything besides faster approaches to existing limits.

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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by FuckButtons on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:07PM (#50347536)

> We can't keep asking harder and harder questions infinitely while remaining able to verify the answers.

The last several millennia of mathematical research would seem to be an obvious counter example to this claim.

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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by __MatrixMan__ on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @12:18AM (#50348381)

Perhaps we have different things in mind re: hardness. But to set that aside, what I should've said is that we can't do this quickly enough for it to be seen as an inexhaustible supply of training material. The consumer and producer are just not well matched.

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