Show HN: Visualize Model Spikiness in 3D
Model Map is a 3D visualization tool that displays the "spikiness" of AI models—their relative strengths and weaknesses—in an interactive 3D space. Users can fly around the environment using WASD and mouse controls, with a hidden Star Wars-themed mini-game for adventurous pilots. The tool is built on the open-source 3D Graph library.
Background
- LLM "spikiness" refers to the fact that different models have uneven strengths — one might excel at coding but struggle at creative writing, another might be great at reasoning but bad at following instructions. Most benchmarks show this as flat tables of scores.
- Model Map (modelmap.tech) is a 3D visualization tool that plots these strength/weakness profiles in space, letting you fly around and explore them. The creator calls it "fun" rather than strictly practical.
- The tool is built on 3dGraph, an open-source library the same author built for visualizing knowledge bases in 3D.
- The page includes a Star Wars themed mini-game where you shoot projectiles at data points — a novelty on top of a data viz experiment.
- This is an "Show HN" post (Hacker News community), meaning a maker sharing a personal project for feedback.