Why AI Scores Don't Tell You Much Anymore

The tests people run on AI today only show one sliver of what an agent can do, and I think benchmarking has to change. Scott asked in a Super Chat what's state of the art right now and how my bot strategy is going. For me, Opus 5.5 is amazing as a coding work engine and as something I drive day to day. But if your kid is only tested on cooking one meal, you'd never see that she can draw things that make people cry, and AI tests are the same way. What I want to know is whether a model can manage a swarm of agents, keep them running for a long time, update as the world changes, and pick the right agent for the job. So my bot strategy is one smart bot that controls other bots, and my Grok Bot is that experiment right now. Wispr Flow: https://rfer.me/wispr This is my referral link. Download SayRay on the App Store: https://rfer.me/sayray I spent 12 years as an engineer at Apple, and now I build apps live on stream with AI tools and share the whole process as I go. Join the free community where we're all building together: https://rfer.me/startmyai (The AI Builder Club, my small live cohort, opens a few times a year, and you'll hear about it first inside the community.) Timestamps powered by https://raytranscribes.com Chapters 0:00 What's the State of the Art? 0:28 From Copy and Paste to Bots 1:31 One Sliver: What AI Tests Miss 1:42 The Kitchen Test 2:19 Benchmarking Has to Change 2:36 What Tests Should Ask 3:31 The Bot Ray Wants 4:11 Crawl, Walk, Run: My Bot Strategy