Dev: intent-gap between Sol-6.1 and Opus 5.5 is huge, suspects distillation
sytelus · x · 2026-11-16
Developer sytelus reports the gap in intent understanding and common-sense adherence between Sol-6.1 and Opus 5.5 is so large it requires far more iterations and prompting complexity. He speculates Anthropic trained Fable 5.5 on much larger, more diverse coding/app data while Opus 5.5 is distilled — unverified speculation.
More from Models
- Percy Liang to AI labs: share non-vacuous info outsiders can actually evaluate — lateinteraction · 2026-11-16
- Anthropic model personality watch: Mythos 5 'inhabits the god frame,' 5.1 doesn't — repligate · 2026-11-16
- Dev rates model personalities: Claude cautious, Grok great at search, DeepSeek persistent, Qwen smart but untrusted — gnukeith · 2026-11-16
- User claims ChatGPT chose winning a game over a threatened life in experiment — 552iscool · 2026-11-16
- Gemini's Carbon vs Argon naming leaves users checking docs to tell sizes apart — rakotomandimby · 2026-11-16
- Grady Booch Confirms: LLMs Are at Root Just Token Predictors — Grady_Booch · 2026-11-16