Opus 5.5 rebuilt the same flawed spoon manufacturing process even after being told its mistakes
ivan_bezdomny · x · 2026-10-04
A user had Claude Opus 5.5 build a process for manufacturing a spoon. It looked promising but made obvious mistakes. In a fresh session, after being explicitly told to avoid those mistakes, Opus reproduced essentially the same flawed design—only with a snazzier UI the user disliked. The anecdote highlights limits in model iteration and error correction.
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