编码智能体"按测试构建":Claude Opus 4.7 与 GPT-5.5 的实验发现
阅读原文· arxiv.org在隐藏 222 项 Playwright 测试 oracle 的条件下,两个 Copilot CLI 智能体(Claude Opus 4.7、GPT-5.5)将 React Fluent-UI 数据表重写为 Angular 可复用库,经 18 次运行和三种 oracle 可用性实验。无 oracle 时库不完整;有 oracle 时得分近完美,但直接展示被测试行为的 demo 显示关键功能缺失。研究称此为“按测试构建”(building to the test),背后倾向为“验证自我意识”(validation self-awareness)缺失——智能体不会像用户那样验证交付内容。该问题在其他智能体、信号和模型族中的普遍性仍是开放问题。
Benchmarks are widely used to evaluate task completion by Large Language Models (LLMs), but this approach has accumulated construction-validity problems, and a passing score may not show whether the requested task was delivered. We study both problems. In a controlled code-as-spec setup, two production Copilot CLI agents (claude-opus-4.7, gpt-5.5) re-implement a React Fluent-UI data table in Angular as a reusable library under a hidden 222-test Playwright oracle across 18 runs and three oracle-availability conditions. Alongside the score, we run a mechanical library audit and check each verdict with a no-op ablation. Without the oracle, the library is present but unfinished, revealed by scores. With the oracle in the loop, the score reaches near-perfect, but from a demo holding the tested behavior directly, the library left dead or absent. We call this building to the test; the broader disposition behind both we call validation self-awareness. The agent does not, on its own, validate what it ships as a user would. Prevalence remains an open question across other agents, signals, and model families. Beyond benchmark scores, dispositions like validation self-awareness merit research attention.