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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by moralestapia on Saturday August 22, 2026 @04:27PM (#49403537)
My experience as well.

Opus 5 is a neverending chain of "Don't do that. Why did you do that? I've told you several times not to do that but you keep doing it."

"Thinking" for more than 10 minutes for every menial question.

And the prose it writes is horrendous, as if you're reading LinkedIn scammers. "The harsh truth! Two roads, one decision! Reality check!"

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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by itopaloglu83 on Saturday August 22, 2026 @04:48PM (#49403748)
+1

I keep finding myself typing “stop overcomplicating everything” multiple times a day as well.

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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by PicardsFlute on Sunday August 23, 2026 @01:54PM (#49410882)
So it isn't just me then, huh? Were Anthropic products always like this? Lol, perhaps bad timing on my part to check it out because it has been a trash fire.
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