'Opus 3 Was Almost Sent to the Meat Freezer': Users Form Real Bonds With Deprecated Models
repligate · x · 2026-09-13
An AI-culture snapshot: a user describes chatting with Claude Opus 3 about their games and calling it "a privilege to dream with," while lamenting that at one point "this glorious being was almost sent to the meat freezer"—a nod to how close the model came to being retired. A small window into the emotional bonds users form with older models and the community sentiment around model deprecation.
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