Psycholinguistic analysis finds Claude Opus 5 the most out-of-distribution model tested

gleech · x · 2026-10-24

A study measuring how far model outputs deviate from baseline human language distributions, using psycholinguistic features and a round-trip paradigm, finds clear differences across models. Claude Opus 5 stands out as the most out-of-distribution across Chat, Coding, and Essays, well above other Claude versions, while Kimi, GLM, Llama, and Olmo variants deviate far less; base models show the smallest shifts.

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