>> It’s a really good model.
In the meantime, I have cancelled my Anthropic subscription...
I have a simple test that I have been running iteratively across the SOTA models from several vendors, including one Chinese vendor.
I start with some code produced by an Anthropic SOTA model...let’s call that Code A. Then I get Code B and Code C for the same task from models by two other vendors.
Then I ask each model to review and critique the other proposals.
By the end, both the Anthropic model and I usually run out of arguments... against them and agree that proposals B and C are better.
Claude then always asks whether it can incorporate the code or ideas from B and C into its own solution...
It's not even funny any more. Chinese model, Chinese vendor, Chinese, Chinese... Did I say Chinese? Chinese!
Nobody in his right mind will use a Chinese clone when you have models like Opus 5.5 for peanuts.
Yes ...I was so impressed I cancelled my subscription. I could not stand all the winning. I offer cheap hourly rates of $1000 for debugging AI slop.
Contact me at : prompt.plumber@gmail.com
> Nobody in his right mind will...
let a few valley elites decide how humanity can use this technology
open and transparent is the way, China is showing how
I’m rooting for open models, but SOL 6.1 and Opus 5.5 are absolute workhorses on a $100/mo sub. I share your fears, though, and really hope an open model catches up and can somehow compete with the subscription prices of the big 2.
I have workhorse models, spend far less, the model matters less than people like to claim
there's no money long term in being a token vendor
The biggest revelation from using open weights, because the vendors offer most of them up, is how useful using multiple model families is. Regardless of open or closed, if you are only using one family like Ant or Oai models, you're leaving a lot on the table. A harness like OpenCode will enable you to use different models in one session, or more specifically different subtasks when doing long running teams.
> Nobody in his right mind will use
Nobody AMERICAN in his right mind will use... Wait, actually a lot of them will.
But for me, as a non american, non chinese person: I'll use whatever the fuck is the best and cheapest for my task, because that's how fucking Capitalism works.
If that means that a (proclaimed) "communist" country cleans the carpet with the self-proclaimed land of the free: so be it!
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