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MixedClaude · 21 Sep 2026

Some days it’s okay to use and performs well. Other days I have to correct it repeatedly and remind it of information already in the prompt earlier

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In the thread “Fable 5 – Median thinking declined in August”, replying to this comment

Got in the way: Inconsistent quality and memory retention issues.

… I have seen the same thing happening day by day from Opus. Some days it’s okay to use and performs well. Other days I have to correct it repeatedly and remind it of information already in the prompt earlier (before compaction!) and still other times it’s infuriatingly stupid. It’s a slot machine for what they’re actually giving us behind the opaque paywalls. …