alt Hacker NewsI haven't tried it for coding yet, but I ran a couple of my recent curiosity driven queries from Claude (mostly used Fable and Opus 5.5) through it.
This is a clear step change, I'm genuinely amazed.
Its answers are to-the-point, logically structured, clearly written. Like a really well made mini essay on your question.
It also really likes to build little simulations / models that you can tweak the parameters on. Amazing to explore how different assumptions affect economic scenarios, for example.
It's also great at picking (sourced) illustrations.
I'll be using this for everything that isn't coding from now on.
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My first reaction after reading the announcement post is that the coding scores look like a weak point.
Just praying they don’t nerf it
> I'll be using this for everything that isn't coding from now on.
why? is it not so good on that? or is there something better performance, or better price for same performance?
I’m curious about your curiosity driven queries. Mind to share?
Google's models have usually been pretty good at general query stuff, they fall flat when doing harder tasks.
I've found it on par with Opus 5.5, what don't you like about it for coding?
Coding? This is Hacker News. We're supposed to be bashing how shit it is at creating svg's
We have this same point made every release. I wonder if models actually are getting better or if these companies are just secretly hamstringing the previous models before releasing a similarly performing model
Totally agree. This is my new favorite general-purpose/non-coding model. It's surprising how good this thing is... And fast, too.