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Re:GR00T 2: Scaling robot foundation models for generalizati... by kragen on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:35PM (#50436100)
I tried Fable 5.2 tonight asking if for a code review of an in-browser machine vision project done by Opus 5.5 over the last 11 days. It used up my 5-hour token budget in half an hour and reported a lot of problems that actually seem pretty bad. But that's just a first impression.
Re:GR00T 2: Scaling robot foundation models for generalizati... by weatherlite on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:42PM (#50436142)
When Fable 5.3 comes out and you give it the same prompt it will take 10 hours , cost twice as much and still find pretty bad problems. I say stick to Opus...
Re:GR00T 2: Scaling robot foundation models for generalizati... by sorrywhat on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:31AM (#50437194)
Scary stuff! You should immediately get another subscription and ask another instance of Fable 5.2 to review the findings (don't read them yourself, it will introduce bias in the super AGI's output)
Re:GR00T 2: Scaling robot foundation models for generalizati... by weird-eye-issue on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:52AM (#50437699)
> But that's just a first impression.

Your first impression is that you have no clue if any of its findings actually mean anything because you can't even understand them or the vibe coded slop you've been creating? Why would anyone care?

Re:GR00T 2: Scaling robot foundation models for generalizati... by kragen on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @04:13AM (#50437847)
You don't seem to have understood my comment very well.

I understand what the findings say, except for one comment about parabolic vertices. What I don't know is whether any of them are true. It could be hallucinating!

But it probably isn't. The bugs are probably real. The computer vision algorithm result images it's showing me are probably real, not fake. Its claims about the different approach to take might be mistaken, as opposed to fake, but even that seems unlikely.

But I don't know.

Re:GR00T 2: Scaling robot foundation models for generalizati... by weird-eye-issue on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @04:18AM (#50437879)
> You don't seem to have understood my comment very well.

> But I don't know.

Yes, I understood your comment perfectly.

Re:GR00T 2: Scaling robot foundation models for generalizati... by kragen on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @04:40AM (#50438003)
You said, "Your first impression is that you have no clue if any of its findings actually mean anything because you can't even understand them [...]".

I do in fact understand the findings, as I already clarified in the comment you just clicked "reply" on, and nothing in my original comment suggests that I don't, so you evidently misread it. There's no shame in admitting that. People make mistakes all the time. The shame is in refusing to correct them.

I'll have firmer information once the model has been out for more than 24 hours. But I think my experience report is already firm enough to be useful.

Re:GR00T 2: Scaling robot foundation models for generalizati... by weird-eye-issue on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:14AM (#50438233)
Understanding findings in this context would require that you actually know whether they are true or false, not just that you know what the words mean.
Re:GR00T 2: Scaling robot foundation models for generalizati... by kragen on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:38AM (#50438416)
You seem to be attempting to redefine the word "understand" so that it makes your false statement true. You should be ashamed of yourself.