44% on ARC-AGI-1 in 67 cents
Summary
Mithil Vakde reports ARC-AGI-1 scoring 44% by training a small transformer from scratch in 1.5 hours on a 5090, with a lifetime cost of 67 cents. The post promotes sample efficiency, open-source code, and faster, cheaper AI experimentation, while situating ARC benchmarks within ongoing debates about LLM-based approaches. It invites community contribution and further improvements toward higher ARC scores.