@danshipper: This is wrong, it’s the same model But it does fall back to Opud 4.8 slightly more, so the benchmarks are measuring a m…
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Dan Shipper argues that the Fable 5 model is not nerfed but falls back to Opus 4.8 more often, causing mixed benchmark results, contrary to claims of severe degradation.
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This is wrong, it’s the same model
But it does fall back to Opud 4.8 slightly more, so the benchmarks are measuring a mix of Fable and Opus
Skill issue
ℏεsam (@Hesamation): Fable 5 isn’t nerfed, it’s SLAUGHTERED.
the problem isn’t even the model itself, but the hard guardrails Anthropic has set in place.
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