Dev Slams New DeepSeek Model as Distilled Claude Without the Intelligence

Aryvyo · x · 2026-09-19

A developer on X argues the new DeepSeek model feels like a heavily distilled Claude that lost the original's intelligence, calling it at best a "worker model". An individual impression without benchmarks or evidence.

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