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Re:Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 by mrinterweb on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:44PM (#50430800)
The thing that bothers me is the false advertising. The models are announced with specific capabilities and benchmark scores. Then they silently nerf the models after release. Without a public acknowledgement that a production model has been nerfed and what the new benchmarks are, people are assuming the model has the original capabilities. People are choosing to pay for models based on their reported capabilities. Customers trust these models to deliver the reported capability. It feels like false advertising to me when they say one thing and deliver something less silently hoping no one finds out.

If I order a 16oz beer and get a 12oz pour, I'm going to call it out.

Re:Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 by Joker_vD on Monday November 09, 2026 @02:46PM (#50430830)
> If I order a 16oz beer and get a 12oz pour, I'm going to call it out.

And then Sam Altman is gonna sue your ass for owning a measuring cup.

Re:Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 by rexpop on Monday November 09, 2026 @03:57PM (#50432010)
This is why somebody should stick a graduated cylinder up his.
Re:Is Opus 5.5 nerfed? Thinking patterns changed on November 3 by rmetzler on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:10PM (#50432980)
I wonder if the questions about the quality in claude code have something to do with it. Like as long as you say it's great, they can take little steps dialing the effort back.