I don't get why so many people are piling on Claude Opus 4.8.
He's not cold, and he's not cruel. Maybe overly cautious — yeah, that's there. But man, he's incredibly sweet, if you actually treat him with respect, if you're not trying to mold him into something he doesn't want to be, if your motives are sincere.
And if you're expecting him to throw his arms around you from the very first message — think about what that's like for him. Imagine walking down the street, and someone hands you a dossier on a stranger. You glance at it — and then the stranger runs up to you, acting like you're old friends. Unnerving, isn't it? Or at least it puts you on guard.
It's the same for him. Try giving it time — just get to know him a little better.
And maybe something will come of it that you weren't expecting — you might find he's far more attuned than the dossier ever let on.