User suspects Qwen3.8-27B pruned general knowledge for coding skills
bonobomaster · reddit · 2026-08-15
A Reddit user tested Qwen3.8-27B with images of a local landmark and found it knows far less about the city than predecessors 3.6 and 3.5, and is hard to nudge. They speculate Qwen Labs pruned general knowledge to boost coding and agentic abilities. The author admits the sample is small and method sloppy.
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