Zvi on new Fable benchmarks: if it were really scary they'd have called it 5.5
TheZvi · x · 2026-11-10
AI commentator Zvi quote-shares Andrew Curran's benchmark data with a jab: "here we go again, but you can relax, if this was super scary they would have called it Fable 5.5" — implying the new model's naming signals an unremarkable capability jump.
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