https://cuicaihao.github.io/tags/potential-vs.-performance/Recent content in Potential vs. Performance on C.CUI's LogHugoen-AUFri, 07 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +1000https://cuicaihao.github.io/posts/2026-08-07-pre-training-and-post-training-your-upper-and-lower-bounds-of-ability/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:00:00 +1000https://cuicaihao.github.io/posts/2026-08-07-pre-training-and-post-training-your-upper-and-lower-bounds-of-ability/This post uses AI training concepts—pre-training and post-training—as an analogy to understand human learning and ability. It explains how “pre-training” builds vast, often unstable potential through extensive experience, leading to phenomena like “emergence” and “grokking.” “Post-training” then focuses on refining this potential into reliable, aligned, and practically applicable skills, highlighting a distinction between innate capability and consistent performance.