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Starting AI evaluation with a small set of 5–20 hand-rated prompts comparing models before scaling up.

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Tulsee says just 5-20 hand-picked prompts can show real signal between models, instead of building a massive large-scale benchmark.

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"For me a big thing is start with even just five prompts, right? You don't have to start large... even just a mini evaluation where you get to like 20 prompts that can really stress test a set of capabilities where you can see signal betw..."

Instead of building a massive large-scale benchmark

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Used for: Writing your first eval Praised: Simple to start, gives self-clarity on what 'good' looks like, shows signal b... vs: Instead of building a massive large-scale benchmark

"For me a big thing is start with even just five prompts, right? You don't have to start large... even just a mini evaluation where you get to like 20 prompts that can really stress test a set of capabilities where you can see signal between your m..."

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