Blogger's Haiku 5.5 prediction ages well: Opus 4.5-level smarts at flash-model prices
willcb · x · 2026-10-08
willcb resurfaces his earlier prediction that "Haiku 5.5 will be Opus 4.5-level intelligence with the price and speed of a Gemini Flash-class model," noting how well it has aged — implying the model has now landed at or near that bar.
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