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Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude

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  1. royal__ · · focus · HN ↗
    These kinds of updates always have this romantic scenario of someone having Claude develop a presentation or something on their way to work between multiple devices, which actually feels a little sad and does not align with what happens in my life at all.
    1. idle_zealot · · focus · HN ↗
      This is a nightmare scenario to me.

      "Claude, prepare me a presentation on XYZ."

      I get to work, go straight to the meeting room, and pull up what it made to present.

      It's barely coherent nonsense. Lots of irrelevant details, buzz words, wrong charts or confusing phrasing. Obviously LLM output.

      I read it out.

      When I'm done, I get a question about one of Claude's incorrectly inferred details.

      The shame instantly kills me.

      This is a scenario I've seen play out with coworkers. Except that last part, instead of dying or owning up to the mistake of trusting LLM output they waffle. Their shame circuit is broken.

      1. Cyan488 · · focus · HN ↗
        Someone I know does this, and seems to think it's a flex, because he bragged about it being "the first time I've actually seen this presentation" a few times during the presentation.

        It was all awful.

        1. conception · · focus · HN ↗
          I feel like we need to normalize walking out of meetings like that. If you have no idea what you’re presenting why is anyone in the room?
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