Dan McAteer

I build AI agents for a living and write about it. Writing at · Writing @latentspacepod · Agentic Ops @ AnswerRocket

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

I shouldn't do this, but I'm gonna let you guys in on a lil secret:

Claude Fable 5.2 + '/be-ambitious' (link 👇)

Change your life today.

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@Strongin_ Then we’re gonna have a serious decision to make

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

Either GPT-6.2 Astra / Sol absolutely CRUSH tomorrow, or I cancel my ChatGPT sub.

Sorry I'm not sorry.

[Tibo @thsottiaux]

Thursday is feeling codexy to me. Perhaps also a good time for a banked reset.

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@tuber_terminal Haha that’s amazing

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

Really fun read. No one in AI is better at predicting the future. 10/10 recommend.

I agree with everything besides the implicit negative valence and neuroticism borne from the conclusions.

[Daniel Kokotajlo @DKokotajlo]

Unfortunately, it seems like the intelligence explosion will be happening in 2027 after all. Most of this post analyzes the new METR report (though other sources of evidence are also important). If they’re right, that implies an AI-driven acceleration that is 5 months ahead of the AI 2027 scenario. I am scared, sad, and angry. https://t.co/7KWmdc6AZk

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@tuber_terminal Is there any other kind of hurricane?

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@Art_If_Ficial Now that is FOR SURE

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

Wtf are they feeding this thing???

[Arena.ai @arena]

Claude Fable 5.2 (Max) is now #1 on Agent Arena, leading the Pareto frontier in real-world agentic performance!

Top models on Pareto Frontiers:
- #1 Claude Fable 5.2 (Max): +30.4% | $7.3/task
- #2 Claude Opus 5.5 (Max): +19.5% | $5.5/task
- #3 Gemini 4 Carbon (High): +17.0% | $1.5/task
- #7 GPT-6.1-Sol (Max): +12.5% | $1.1/task
- #8 GPT-6.1 Terra (Max): +10.8% | $0.9/task

Fable 5.2 delivers over 1.5x the net improvement of the #2 model, Opus 5.5, at a 32% higher median cost per task. Compared to Fable 5.1, it also delivers roughly 2x the net improvement at a 6% lower cost.

Congrats again to the @AnthropicAI team on this impressive release!

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@Art_If_Ficial And beyond that too

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@Art_If_Ficial lol, we’re in uncharted territory

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@sporadica @ssi Asked myself the same question as I fell asleep last night.

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@twtfayta In the grand scheme of things, you're already useless. Resisting that fact just creates unnecessary suffering for you.

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

Fable 5.2 on how to thrive and prosper in the 'Age of Miracles'

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@elonmusk Some might say that sentiment / emotion is of primary importance. If you're not happy and enjoying life, what's the point?

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@jonnym1ller Sobering indeed.

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

🌶️ HOT TAKE ALERT

[will brown @willcb]

i think i like carbon more than fable

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

Today we’re launching the Gemini Decisions API, powered by our new Gemini Decision 1 model in @GoogleAIStudio.

Instead of generating text token by token, it’s built for closed-set choices scoring up to 1,000 questions across text, images, audio, video + PDFs in a single pass. A few details:

- 3 decision types: yes/no, multiple choice (up to 255 options) + rubric scoring
- $0.10 / 1M input tokens with $0 billed for output tokens (~5x cheaper than Flash-Lite)
- leads on several benchmark evals with lowest calibration error

Google teams are already building with it, below is a look at Stitch Rapid designing a full product flow in seconds (1x speed)

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@Tobias_Yergin I’m with you!

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@petergostev What are they feeding this thing? Wow.

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@Tobias_Yergin Love it.

I’d summarize it as: you experience what you put out into the world.

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@dedene 🙌

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@tuber_terminal I like it. Change the reference frame.

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

My workday consists of one repeated decision: delegate this task to an agent or not?

Can I give the agent enough context? Is this something I enjoy? Do I want to give it up?

It's exhausting.

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

@DylanBishopX Dude definitely try it.

It's surprisingly good.

[Dan McAteer @daniel_mac8]

I shouldn't do this, but I'm gonna let you guys in on a lil secret:

Claude Fable 5.2 + '/be-ambitious' (link 👇)

Change your life today.