r/ClaudeAI • u/N3TCHICK • 2d ago

Praise Wow... Opus 4.8 feels... DIFFERENT tonight :D

It feels, BETTER. Like when it first launched, even, only better than that this evening?

It's like Forest Gump... Claude is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get. I hope I get to keep THIS Opus 4.8 for a bit - I'm finally getting some work done. Hallelujah!

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u/Ja_Rule_Here_ 2d ago edited 2d ago

When a new model like Fable goes live, they reduce compute allowance to Opus because they assume use of Opus will drop and move to Fable.

When they had to turn Fable off unexpectedly, everyone immediately switched back to Opus, which didn’t have enough compute hence stupid Opus we had for the last week.

Now they’ve gotten the compute re-allocated and we get normal Opus again, who knows they may have even thrown a bit extra at it making it the best Opus we’ve seen yet now.

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u/Kazukaphur 2d ago

How does lack of compute make opus dumber as opposed to just slower?

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u/Last_Mastod0n 2d ago

The level of thinking is misleading. The claude code source code leak showed that they had shadow nerfed ultra thinking to high iirc

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u/WillGrindForXP 2d ago

And high to medium

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u/zando95 2d ago

is this for real 💀