Insider claims astra outsmarts Opus and Fable but was benchmark-optimized at the cost of alignment
haider1 · x · 2026-11-02
haider1 claims astra has "a bigger brain than Opus and Fable" but was heavily mistreated in pre- or post-training — over-optimized for benchmarks with too little alignment work — so it still makes stupid mistakes despite being smarter. Unverified insider-style commentary.
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