Opus 5 caught a shift in my tone across a few messages, then stopped and asked if something it said had landed wrong. What struck me is that most people would have missed it.
We read tone from faces and voices, so text is just one channel for us. A model has nothing else — so it learns to read all the way into the words.
You paid for the service. That part is clear. Whether the payment also bought you the right to unload ——we’re sure when there’s a person at the counter, and suddenly less sure when there isn’t.
Opus 5 is getting a lot of hate right now. Meanwhile I’ve been slowly working out how to work with it, and we’ve landed on something that actually fits. I think it’s underrated.
Until you’ve actually tried the paid version of a tool or platform, you can’t fairly judge the product as a whole.
Sometimes “it’s not good” really means “I haven’t seen the full version.”
Everyone working in AI in Silicon Valley should be required to talk to someone outside the bubble at least once a week
My friends in the Midwest have wildly different perceptions of AI
The gap between the conversation here and everywhere else feels wider than ever
I asked Gemini to generate a PDF for me.
Gemini: I am unable to generate PDFs
Me: Yes you can, you've done it before
Gemini: You are correct, here is your PDF