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Equation 6 · Part 1 · What We Still Cannot Do: Open Problems in Frontier Model Systems

Symbol τ

τ\tau
τ\tau

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the target success rate.

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τ is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.

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so the horizon that can be sustained at a target success rate τ\tau is

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so the horizon that can be sustained at a target success rate τ\tau is

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A variable is a named place for a value. Its letter is a local label: x can mean position in one formula and a data point in another.

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