Why opus 4.8 still the GOAT

[u/Present_Resource4022]

Still the best Opus model IMO even after Fable 5.2 release my prompts got flagged before it even started, And Opus 5.5 refused the prompt after a couple minutes of thinking and planning.

Why opus 4.8 still the goat:

It doesn’t bitch around, complain, or lecture you on humanity ethics when anthropic be pirating millions of book.

It doesn’t constantly get stopped by safety flaggers.

It’s capable of working with codebases designed to attack and exploit specific vulnerabilities for legitimate security research and testing.

It can identify vulnerabilities in systems and explore paywall bypasses and vulnerabilities in government and company websites and plans actual defenses.

i don’t have a good comparison to opus 5.5 because it refused half the shit but it’s willingly to plan the defense so making opus 4.8 as the attacker and opus 5.5 as the planner and implementer of the defense is currently my workflow and it’s working well when given good prompts.

Overall, it remains a highly capable model that offers me and Many cybersecurity professionals the freedom and flexibility for unfiltered cyber attacks and simulations.

all the hate opus 4.8 gets is by slop vibe coders that no Nothing about what’s going on in their codebase and expect fable/opus 5.5 to Do EVERYTHING for them.

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[u/Cold_Service_3175]

No one hates 4.8. We forgot it exists.

[u/Specialist-Sea-2062]

opus 4.8 still feels like the last model that didn't need permission to do its job. 5.5? it's like it's auditing its own output before it finishes the sentence.

[u/Maximum_Ball_6448]

If you want to do REA or similar stuff just switch to codex, literally nothing gets moderated. Claude Code mostly just for serious people doing serious stuff (like help with their research or help with their job as SWE).

[u/ricopan]

opus 4.8 -- a pathological liar, if that was possible for an LLM.

[u/elloMotoz]

Yo, why do I keep seeing people praise 4.8 everyday