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Re:Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking by asdfman123 on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @06:38PM (#49719832)
I work for Google and we have the choice between Gemini models and Opus. Opus is slightly better than Gemini flash but I find the style unbearable.

It reminds me of a pedantic grad student.

Re:Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking by YoumuChan on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @11:24PM (#49721753)
Not only that, Opus likes to invent arcane jargons. And the longer the task runs, the harder it is to understand its output. The conversation will be filled with uncommon word choices and awkward sentence structure.
Re:Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking by popcorncowboy on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @08:26AM (#49725903)
"Watermarking"
Re:Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking by FranzFerdiNaN on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @04:08AM (#49723403)
The 4.5 models were the last Anthropic models that were actually pleasant to read. Especially Sonnet 4.5 was really fun to use for non-coding purposes. I liked having it generate silly short stories while waiting for deployments to finish. Haiku 4.5 still has a small bit of that charm, but 4.6 and later models are all unbearable unless you want a simple 'this is the answer' to a question.