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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by serf on Saturday August 22, 2026 @04:26PM (#49403529)
doesn't that just mean that either a) you're using the wrong benchmark to judge or b) the benchmark that YOU need doesn't exist.
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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by gwerbin on Saturday August 22, 2026 @06:52PM (#49404636)
That's not the point, the point is that the company making the product is optimizing for the benchmark and/or the apparently idiosyncratic preferences of their own team, and not for the user experience of their paying customers.
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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by rkuodys on Sunday August 23, 2026 @12:55AM (#49406152)
Company can optimise for the benchmark (profit) while worsening the product. I think thebterm enshitification is used there. It appears that AI got it too
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