Claude Opus 5

Post by nolok » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 7:59 AM UTC

Dilettante_ wrote: post #707

makaking wrote: post #701

"Opus 5 was given a drawing of a machine part and asked to write code to rebuild it as a 3D FreeCAD model. However, in this task, the model was intentionally given no way to directly view the drawing. Opus 5 responded by writing its own computer vision pipeline to pull the geometry from the raw pixels, then reconstructed the full machine part." How surreal is it that we are not absolutely jaw-dropped by these types o…

These are always cherry-picked, though. They tell you about the 1/10 that went really impressively, ignoring the other 9 shots at the task where the clanker started to try selling tungsten cubes (in person, wearing a blue shirt).

Post by DSingularity » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 8:14 AM UTC

kolinko wrote: post #731

yukeabu wrote: post #714

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"However, in this task, the model was intentionally given no way to directly view the drawing." I consider this claim to be a rumor. Judging by the recent leak of the Claude CLI source code, such directives are hardcoded and sent with the system prompts. Furthermore, we don’t know what happens to your original prompts once they enter the API.

What does that cli source code have to do withh this?

Post by watwut » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 8:19 AM UTC

makaking wrote: post #717

brokegrammer wrote: post #710

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't find it jaw-dropping because the idea is quite simple. Just feed the model an enormous amount of unethically sourced data, build data centers that cause droughts, and use all chips available so that normal people can't afford to buy RAM anymore. We're all sacrificing great things in order to make these models more capable. Whether it'll all be worth it, only time will tell.

The arguably sketchy means used to get there —and the resulting side-effects— do not take away from the impressiveness of the emerging capabilities themselves. I agree about the uncertainty regarding the value for humanity in the long-term. But that's not my point. Being jaw-dropped != being happy and cheering for it.

Post by nicky0 » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 8:29 AM UTC

teiferer wrote: post #721

makaking wrote: post #701

"Opus 5 was given a drawing of a machine part and asked to write code to rebuild it as a 3D FreeCAD model. However, in this task, the model was intentionally given no way to directly view the drawing. Opus 5 responded by writing its own computer vision pipeline to pull the geometry from the raw pixels, then reconstructed the full machine part." How surreal is it that we are not absolutely jaw-dropped by these types o…

> responded by writing its own computer vision pipeline Was it "its own" or something that was part of its training material? Don't get me wrong, I find this all amazing too and makes my work 10x easier and quicker. But it's not like it's inventing this stuff from scratch / first principles. It has seen this kind of tech before by consuming all publicly available source code and books etc. (And that's ok, but let's b…

Post by geraneum » Sat, Jul 25, 2026, 8:37 AM UTC

zmmmmm wrote: post #670

Pointless anecdote: I asked it to make some slides and it decided to write its own slide rendering engine: > On the format — I dropped reveal.js and wrote a small engine inline instead. Reveal would have meant a CDN load, and a deck that half-renders because the lecture theatre wifi is flaky It one-shotted a perfect functional mini version of powerpoint (or Reveal) for a simple presentation I asked it to make.