2 papers
cs.CY2026
The Benchmark Ceiling: Human Judgment, Evaluation Scarcity, and the Political Economy of AI Capability Measurement
Mark Esposito, Liu Zhang
Benchmarks are the primary instruments through which AI capability is measured, compared, and governed. This paper argues that the validity of frontier AI benchmarks is a function…
econ.GN2026
No Last Mile: A Theory of the Human Data Market
Ali Ansari, Mark Esposito, Ava Fitoussy +1
The standard framing treats structured human-data work as transitional, a bridge between today's imperfect models and a future state where automation is complete. We challenge this…