Early user: Opus 5.5 is far better than Astra at research ideation
menhguin · x · 2026-10-16
An AI practitioner reports that Opus 5.5 is noticeably better — "by a lot" — at discussing and ideating research ideas compared to Astra. It's a first-hand, anecdotal comparison with no benchmarks attached, but a notable early signal on research-oriented ideation quality between two frontier models.
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