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Claude Opus 4.8

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Re: Claude Opus 4.8

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Post by chandureddyvari »

Nicholas_C wrote: post #12
mincer_ray wrote: post #3

seems like a really minor upgrade?

I think they will all be minor going forward, feels like the major improvements have all been made and we'll only see incremental improvements from here on out. Maybe I'm wrong but we'll see.

Wasn't Mythos a step change improvement?

Re: Claude Opus 4.8

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Post by colonCapitalDee »

"Users will find Opus 4.8 to be a modest but tangible improvement on its predecessor."

This is a refreshing attitude!

I've also verified that you can now turn off adaptive thinking in the web UI, which is great. I've had a lot of problems with thinking not triggering and the model producing sub-par output. Glad we can finally turn it off. (I hope being able to turn off adaptive thinking is new, if I could have turned it off at any time that would be embarrassing)

Re: Claude Opus 4.8

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Post by Philpax »

clutch89 wrote: post #6

> One of the most prominent improvements in Opus 4.8 is its honesty Anthropic talks about their own models as if they're discovering new species in the wild...

AI is grown, not built, and like with anything you grow, you'll never be able to predict exactly how it will turn out.

Re: Claude Opus 4.8

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Post by generalizations »

Hoping that one day they'll let me go through the identity verification process so I can use it again.

Tried to upgrade my subscription, triggered identity verification, verification fails to even start, and now I can't even use the subscription tier I'd already paid for.

Re: Claude Opus 4.8

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Post by kapilvt »

clutch89 wrote: post #6

> One of the most prominent improvements in Opus 4.8 is its honesty Anthropic talks about their own models as if they're discovering new species in the wild...

Like anthropomorphism is literally in the company name… i recall reading this book as a teenager.. it does seem apt in the world to come.

https://www.amazon.com/Faces-Clouds-New-Theory-Religion/dp/0...

Re: Claude Opus 4.8

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Post by boxed »

impulser_ wrote: post #27

Crazy they bring up honest, when Claude models are literally known for straight up lying about things it has done and tries to act like it did what you asked.

Less than other frontier models. Which is scary honestly.

Re: Claude Opus 4.8

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Post by __s »

clutch89 wrote: post #6

> One of the most prominent improvements in Opus 4.8 is its honesty Anthropic talks about their own models as if they're discovering new species in the wild...

> Indeed, current AI systems are more “cultivated” than “built,” for developers do not directly design every detail, but instead create a framework within which the intelligence “grows.”

Re: Claude Opus 4.8

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Post by swyx »

nielsbot wrote: post #25
clutch89 wrote: post #6

> One of the most prominent improvements in Opus 4.8 is its honesty Anthropic talks about their own models as if they're discovering new species in the wild...

if models exhibit emergent traits, then this is true in a way

also useful to have a "chinese wall" between research that knows what went into the models vs marketing/eval models as a third party would
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