Equation 20 · The Hardest Unsolved Problems in AI Agent Evaluation and Reliability
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One. Major agentic benchmark leaderboards will begin reporting a repeated-trial statistic (a pass ^k -style figure or equivalent) alongside single-attempt accuracy as a default, not an optional addendum. Disconfirmed if the leading agentic leaderboards in 2030 still report only single-attempt success rates with no standard reliability figure alongside them.
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