I do like Opus 4.6, but I think 5.5 on medium or low is a better value. I have to steer 4.6 more and build more scaffolding around the tasks. 5.5 just does what I ask. Visual spatial reasoning greatly improved in 5.5 as well.
3rd tier quality proped up by European governments and European patriots.
I don't even know what I'd do if I was in their position. They seem unable to complete... Maybe they do the classic European protectionist thing European farmers do.
I don't know what I'd do if I was the EU. Maybe promote the opposite of what Mistral is doing and promote full unrestricted AI that will tell you how to download illegal videos. Mistral had 0 competitive edge.
I think it will work in Europe, but the United States is in a cold war with China, so I can't imagine the United States would intentionally disable themselves.
The only chance OpenAI and Anthropic have of realizing anything close to their valuations is if Americans are somehow banned from using Chinese models. Our president has made it very clear to everyone that he can be bought, and bought cheaply. A lot of what we are seeing may just be setting up the inevitable.
Well I'm happy to know I'll have a job for a few years because this was incredibly weak.
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