I don't believe this is a context problem.

Claude Opus 4.7 has a very large context compared to itself, but IME it is the worst at following instructions, and completely disregards the (small) preferences prompt, even in the first or second message, even if the messages are just a few characters long.

IMO this is entirely a training problem.

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8note 2 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

if you look at claude code, it now says compaction is happening constantly, which is likely why

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apsurd 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Isn't a large context window still a problem though? At the upper bound, the more you put in the more each sentence washes out within that window?

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whstl 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I’m not talking about large amounts of text, I’m talking about a couple sentences back and forth.

It disregards things like “no follow up questions”.

Haiku, for example doesn’t.

This bias is a very human thing, actually now that I think about it. You just disregarded the “even if the messages are just a few characters long”. :)

	▲	apsurd an hour ago \| parent [-]
		haha! yes i read too fast but i did read it and i took "message is small" to mean the message you want followed within the large context, not the entire context is just a small message. funny though it is a case in point: language is hard. and i get to hide behind being "preoccupied" . i wonder if llms have their own sense of preoccupation hmmm.

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stingraycharles 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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