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Steve Yegge warns Anthropic's safety updates have degraded Claude Opus, making recent versions overly cautious and mediocre

The degradation reportedly began with version 4.6

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OPBen (no treats)#982Ben (no treats)@ANDERSONBCDEFG

i remember at the time 4.6 came out thinking huh this is fine but doesnt seem way better than 4.5. a bit more ornery, maybe. everyone seems to agree 4.7 wasnt any better than 4.6, and that 4.8 wasnt much better than 4.7. soooo what exactly is going on here lol

11:51 PM · May 30, 2026 View on X
REPLYBen (no treats)#982Ben (no treats)@ANDERSONBCDEFG

before you yell at me no i havent tried it yet if you can get me a free max sub then ill start saying nice things again 🥰

Ben (no treats)Ben (no treats)@andersonbcdefg

i remember at the time 4.6 came out thinking huh this is fine but doesnt seem way better than 4.5. a bit more ornery, maybe. everyone seems to agree 4.7 wasnt any better than 4.6, and that 4.8 wasnt much better than 4.7. soooo what exactly is going on here lol

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