Symbol P_task
ask 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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There is a second, compounding reason, and it is quantitative. Consider a task decomposed into n dependent steps, each completed correctly with probability q , where an uncaught error propagates. Success over the whole task goes as . so the horizon that can be sustained at a target success rate is
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Symbol q^n
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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Equation 5 · Foundation Models
What We Still Cannot Do: Open Problems in Frontier Model Systems
This equation gives an approximation: it relates the quantities while allowing an approximation.
There is a second, compounding reason, and it is quantitative. Consider a task decomposed into n dependent steps, each completed correctly with probability q , where an uncaught error propagates. Success over the whole task goes as . so the horizon that can be sustained at a target success rate is
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