Dev slams new DeepSeek model as "distilled Claude without the intelligence"

A developer's viral complaint that the new DeepSeek model feels like an over-distilled Claude lacking the original's intelligence sparked debate over whether cheap, fast models are worth using.

2026-09-19 ~ 2026-09-19 · 3 related posts

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