Exponential Moving Average

Exploring alternative teacher models for stable self-distillation

Traditional self-distillation leans on an EMA teacher to keep student training stable. But that's not the only path worth exploring. The community's search for alternative teacher models, ones that evolve alongside the student without letting it drift, deserves attention. It's a practical question with real implications for how we build more robust systems. If you're curious about where AI methods hit their limits, our piece on testing a browser agent's blind spots offers a parallel look at stability.