Top models now write worse than a year ago, critic says
dbreunig · x · 2026-07-27
The author argues that the most capable models now write worse than last year, saying Fable and Opus share the same over-dramatic flourishes, canned phrases, and choppy structure.
He attributes the problem to RL-style optimization that has flattened stylistic diversity and made the outputs feel neutered.
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