Tests Show Claude Fable 5.2 Keeps Failing at Making Jokes Funnier

Developer ivanbezdomny tested Claude Fable 5.2 on what he calls the hardest problem—improving a decent joke. The model repeatedly failed, often losing the original punchline or breaking the text even when explicitly asked to preserve it.

2026-11-10 ~ 2026-11-10 · 3 related posts

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• Opus Keeps Butchering a Joke-Rewriting Task, Ignoring Explicit Instructions to Preserve Punchlines — ivan_bezdomny · 2026-11-10