# Ethan Mollick says GDPx needs human baselines like GDPval

> Original title: Nice to see a successor to GDPval to evaluate AI work but really needs human baselines like GDPval.

- Source: Ethan Mollick
- Published: 2026-11-02T06:30:33.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/t04bvxurvebourulm9prey6ib
- Original: https://x.com/emollick/status/2117142297934757916

## Summary

Ethan Mollick welcomes GDPx as a successor to GDPval but says it needs human baselines. He reports that GPT-6 Pro flagged errors in the grading and argues that the 0% scores hide economically meaningful differences in success rates.

## Post

Nice to see a successor to GDPval to evaluate AI work but really needs human baselines like GDPval.

Funnily enough, GPT-6 Pro spotted some errors in the grading. I also think the 0% scores hide economically meaningful differences in success rates. But still a valuable benchmark!

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## Quoted post @SemiAnalysis_

> Today we’re releasing GDPx, a benchmark for measuring agentic capabilities across the most valuable domains.
> 
> GDPx is a true frontier-level benchmark: even the best model scores just 12% (1/7)🧵

https://x.com/SemiAnalysis_/status/2117075900575477855