--- title: Benchmarks: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — Ali Khial, G2i description: A conference talk by Ali Khial, Director of AI and ML at G2i, exploring the problems with current AI coding benchmarks. Key issues identified include... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/benchmarks-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-ali-khial-g2i-iqxfzul9j twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Benchmarks: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — Ali Khial, G2i | daily.dev og:description: A conference talk by Ali Khial, Director of AI and ML at G2i, exploring the problems with current AI coding benchmarks. 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The speaker proposes five principles for better benchmarks: human-authored instructions focused on desired behaviors, holistic graders balancing coverage with precision, production-grade economically valuable tasks, contamination-free novel tasks with private holdout sets, and informative leaderboards that explain why models rank as they do rather than just who wins. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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