Ex-Microsoft CTO: Carbon often beats Fable 5.2 on math, but he still won't trust it with coding

melvinjohnsonp · x · 2026-11-12

Former Microsoft CTO Mikhail Parakhin compares models: Fable 5.2 made a big step in math/ML, finally entering his shortlist, but Carbon — even at the constraining "High" reasoning effort — often outclasses it. Still, he doesn't trust Carbon with coding. The team replied asking for improvement feedback.

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