Everybody is complaining about this, at this point I’m sure they will deliver a tone of voice change in the 5.1 releases. Possibly with a new set of problems though, especially if this is part of an effort to obscure thinking to reduce distillation efficacy. In that case I believe Anthropic is doing damage to themselves. Caring about the quality of your product is the best strategy, the competition will come no matter what.

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zeafoamrun a few seconds ago | parent | next [-]

I don't think they can change at this point without starting from scratch

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Maxatar 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Simply untrue. You think everyone is complaining about this because the ones complaining are the only people commenting. The vast majority of people using Claude don't really care or even notice this one way or another. Sure among those who are irritated by it, it's good to have some ways to mitigate it, but I highly doubt Anthropic is going to devote much resources to an issue that affects a vocal minority.

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nozzlegear 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> The vast majority of people using Claude don't really care or even notice this one way or another.

You have literally no way to know that.

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Maxatar 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I do have a way of knowing, but I actually appreciate and respect your reply... My suggestion to you is to take this shred of skepticism that you decided to apply to me, and apply to every comment you read on Hacker News, not simply the ones that don't align with your preconceived notions.

	▲	nozzlegear 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> I do have a way of knowing It was revealed to me in a dream. > My suggestion to you is to take this shred of skepticism that you decided to apply to me, I apply my skepticism liberally, but you couldn't possibly know that.

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datadrivenangel 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Over the last 6 months Claude's written material has gone from mediocre to unacceptable. The specific actual content and insights are somewhat better, but the claudisms are increasingly insufferable.

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nojs 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How does it help prevent distillation?

	▲	fr2029 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		it doesn't