What is Goodhart's Law?

When you target a measure, people game it until it's useless — BBQ sugar rush to AI fluff.

Will AI benchmarks become worthless?

Already warping. Expect agent evals to go full cobra by 2026 without fixes.

How to avoid metric corruption in dev teams?

Layer metrics, blind tests, human gut-checks. Skip the candy.

Candy-Glazed Ribs and AI Benchmarks That Taste Like Victory — But Leave You Hungry

Picture ribs so sweet they shine like lacquer, crowning world champs — yet the pitmaster spits them out. That's Goodhart's Law in action, and it's devouring AI benchmarks right now.

theAIcatchup Apr 10, 2026 4 min read

Glossy sugar-glazed competition BBQ ribs beside an AI model leaderboard chart

⚡ Key Takeaways

Goodhart's Law turns metrics into games, splitting 'winning' from 'great' — BBQ to AI benchmarks. 𝕏
AI leaderboards are gamed via data leaks; fight with poly-evals and chaos-mode testing. 𝕏
Futurist fix: Shift to agentic, sandbox metrics for true platform power by 2026. 𝕏

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