Equation 4 · Part 1 · Frontier AI Model Comparisons: A First-Principles Introduction
Symbol B
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…rather than a raw win count [ 6 ] . The relevant object is a Bradley–Terry model: each system i is assigned a latent strength , and the estimated probability that system A ’s output is preferred over system B ’s in a given comparison is
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