MTS(@MTSlive):MIT PhD student Alex Zhang on why simple harness abstractions beat models trained around their own harness: "When these abstractions are implemented in a really simple way, basically what you see with Prime Agent is that you can slot in any model. We don't train any model around Prime Agent." "In a lot of cases, we see Prime Agent doing better than models trained around a certain harness. It's purely because these abstractions take advantage of the raw capabilities of the models." @a1zhang @sethkarten @PrimeIntellect

2026.08.06 00:23

MIT PhD student Alex Zhang on why simple harness abstractions beat models trained around their own harness: "When these abstractions are implemented in a really simple way, basically what you see with Prime Agent is that you can slot in any model. We don't train any model around Prime Agent." "In a lot of cases, we see Prime Agent doing better than models trained around a certain harness. It's purely because these abstractions take advantage of the raw capabilities of the models." @a1zhang @sethkarten @PrimeIntellect