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  "content_md": "The model-harness-context pipeline is [gape-limited](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9409080), like a snake whose jaws and stomach cap the size of prey it can swallow. Capability gains beyond that limit aren’t lost, but they go unused as [capability overhang](https://aiwiki.ai/wiki/capability_overhang). A gain of a different *shape* is another matter. It’s less like prey that’s too big and more like prey the snake isn’t built to eat in the first place. That’s not capability overhang but [paradigm](https://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/) overhang, where the pipeline has to change form, not just open wider.",
  "content_html": "<p>The model-harness-context pipeline is <a href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9409080\">gape-limited</a>, like a snake whose jaws and stomach cap the size of prey it can swallow. Capability gains beyond that limit aren’t lost, but they go unused as <a href=\"https://aiwiki.ai/wiki/capability_overhang\">capability overhang</a>. A gain of a different <em>shape</em> is another matter. It’s less like prey that’s too big and more like prey the snake isn’t built to eat in the first place. That’s not capability overhang but <a href=\"https://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/\">paradigm</a> overhang, where the pipeline has to change form, not just open wider.</p>",
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