I've been using it for a while internally at Google. I prefer Argon over Opus 5.5 because of the clear thinking and directness. It phrases things in an organized, straightforward way.

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andai 28 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Interesting. My favorite LLM output ever was the reasoning traces in gemini 2.5 pro. I found them much easier to understand than the "final output", because they were very structured and concise. Of course, they ended up hiding the reasoning, not long after that, like everyone else... sad!

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petesergeant 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

If true, this will be a gigantic departure from any model Google have released to date. I’m hopeful but also pretty skeptical.

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asdfman123 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I feel Argon is about as good as Opus 5.5 but I find Opus annoyingly sarcastic and incomprehensible.

I know it's a matter of personal taste but it reminds me of a grad student that tries to sound smarter than he is by being dismissive and opaque.

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flockonus 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Opus 5.5 has the personality of a proud righteous nerd, definitely incomprehensible at times, unless you explicitly tells it to slow it down, it crams information far too dense.

Great model to architect and resolve eng. problems in a harness loop tho. Poor handoff.

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rad-b 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes, exactly! Maybe not sarcastic but definitely using jargon and being opaque like we all know it, it’s just hinting. Feels like talking to someone who’s constantly trying to prove to me they are smart(er).

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geertj 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes! Literal copy paste from my session with Opus 5.5 this morning:

> You gave me a long answer but it didn’t answer my question: can we safely remove $X

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mattlondon 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Agree I do not like the way Opus 5.5 communicates with me. It feels like it is trying to act superior in a condescending way. DO NOT LIKE. I have not used Argon yet but Gemini 3.8 Flash has been a joy to use in comparison (and so fast!) as a daily driver.

	▲	IndySun 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		>...trying to act superior in a condescending way... Strange. I wonder why? Have you adjusted 'roles', added 'ask clarifying questions'? This is most peculiar.

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glhaynes 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sarcastic? wdym?

	▲	mkoryak 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Opus has no sense oh humor at all. I wish mine was sarcastic.

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bitexploder 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I have used it as well. It is very dense, but it cites with evidence and has a direct and straightforward approach and manner. It doesn't really have a "tone" or mannerisms the way Opus 5 did. It follows instructions and sticks with pretty clean language by default. Argon is solid and handles long horizon well.