Claude Opus 5.5 medium feels dumb while high effort is genius, users report
jaivinwylde · x · 2026-10-21
A popular AI account reports a stark gap in Claude Opus 5.5 quality by effort level: the medium setting produces bafflingly poor output, while high effort delivers genius-level results.
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