Intelligence Under Time Constraints: Rethinking Test-Time Compute
Read the original on arXiv Computation and Language →The paper "Intelligence Under Time Constraints: Rethinking Test-Time Compute" examines how to decide not only how much computation to perform but also when to start it in streaming interactions where evidence arrives incrementally and may change. It introduces the information‑slack dilemma, describing the trade‑off between early computation that has more time to finish but relies on incomplete evidence, and waiting for more information that reduces computational slack. The authors propose a research agenda focused on selective recovery under controlled evidence revisions, and suggest evaluation metrics that separate early‑execution effects, deployment value versus full‑input alternatives, and the added value of predictive policies while accounting for shared‑resource costs, aiming for trustworthy, on‑time responses within a declared resource envelope.
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