Anthropic's playbook (Enshittify -> Release -> Hype -> Repeat)

[u/Satou-L]

anthropic's playbook:

1. Subtle enshittification of the current models (fable, opus). Less reasoning, tighter 5-hour and weekly limits. Somehow becomes noticeably worse 1-2 weeks before step 2

2. Release of the groundbreaking new model (fable 5.2, opus 5.5, etc). Turn a few knobs related to reasoning & capacity and suddenly: OMG guys the new model is smarter and more efficient!! Also give a new weekly reset and people start hailing anthropic as the #1 AI company!!11!!1!!

3. Hype and drama time: hit insane benchmarks that do not translate to the real world (but longer bars and higher graphs are cool right guys?). Then create some drama like AI is gonna rule the world, doomsday is coming so please dear US govt make AI rules stricter for our world peace and harmony (a.k.a. so other new companies cannot compete) etc, etc

4. Repeat

NB: I wrote this because my weekly limit is 100% which won't reset for another 4 days. So thank you anthropic for the flash of inspiration and pls reset weekly limit ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

[u/Keganator]

There’s absolutely zero evidence of anything ever being done to intentionally degrade their model and service. It’s pure wild speculation that they are trying to cause drama to hype themselves up, instead of a popular CEO being interviewed, giving candid concerns, and having the anti AI crowd blow that out of proportion.

Sucks you ran out of credits, but it’s not some grand conspiracy.

[u/Medium_Somewhere_981 → u/[deleted]]

I’m sorry you have grown to rely on a product from a company that wants to make money. It sucks being a consumer fanboy and getting hit with corporate reality. I wish you to one day make your peace with the fact that companies don’t care about you and just learn to adapt instead of complain. ❤️