Models struggle to prune docs, adding yap instead of deletions
repligate · x · 2026-08-15
A user observed that asking a model (like Opus) to maintain a 'living doc' by pruning stale info fails. Instead of deleting, the model adds paragraphs of explanatory text, indicating a bias towards helpfulness over deletion.
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