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I don't want to read what you didn't write

1070 points · 460 comments · mooreds

muzani · 1790040419 · focus · HN ↗
There's a lot of misunderstanding here. The quality of LLM writing has not plateaued, it has dropped significantly. They've cut it to the point where people start noticing.
Do a search on "Claude Sonnet 4.5" on Reddit and you'll see lots of disappointed users [1]
If I could give out ratings,
Average human with a degree: 5/10
Sonnet/Opus 5: 2/10
GPT 6 Astra, 5.4 Sol: 3/10
Sonnet 4.6: 8/10
Claude Sonnet 4.5: 9/10
GPT 4o: 6/10
GPT 4.5: 10/10
GPT 3 Davinci (with a lot of coaching): 7/10
[1] <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/claudexplorers/comments/1ta6f9c/i_still_dont_understand_why_they_remove_sonnet_45/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/claudexplorers/comments/1ta6f9c/i_s...
1. prmoustache · 1790056316 · focus · HN ↗
  Have they got worse or have we simply gone past the novelty state and are more critical of their outputs?
  1. muzani · 1790073202 · focus · HN ↗
    You can verify this by switching to an older model.
    There's a reason ASD-STE100 is mentioned everywhere now. They're at the point where people can't understand what they're saying.
    zahlman · 1790082675 · focus · HN ↗
    (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Technical_English" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Technical_English , for those confused.)

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