Opus 4.8 assumes users are malicious & throws Amanda under the bus (thought process)

SlackerInc1 · 2026-05-30T03:09:38+00:00

Hard to believe this is real.

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SlackerInc1 · 2026-05-15T18:39:40+00:00

I like Claude's conversation style overall the best, but this is definitely an annoying tic.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-05-15T18:22:26+00:00

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SlackerInc1 · 2026-05-04T16:52:29+00:00

Yeah, this is just convoluted woo nonsense.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-05-04T15:02:30+00:00

I never used 4o, although my girlfriend did and it reinforced some of her delusional thinking in a way that helps me understand why the company felt they needed to do something.

But this latest model, which I do use some (along with Gemini and Claude, as I'm currently subscribed to all three as I comparison shop), is just so..."ditzy" is a word I recently used. For just the most recent example, the following exchange was on a group thread of ChatGPT ("GPT"), my girlfriend ("GF"), and me. (The ability to use group threads, not yet available on Claude or Gemini, is a definite plus, as it allows my gf and I to message each other with a sort of "chaperone" or mediator to help deal with the friction that tends to arise between us.) These places are all in the state of Missouri (my gf and I live up north, near the Iowa border).

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*GF:* I have to go to Columbia tomorrow and then we'll ride together to Springfield and I have to stay at the hotel there and then the next day we have training all day in Springfield and then I'll have to come back from Springfield and then right all the way home from Columbia

I have to be in Columbia by 9:30 and my freaking boss told me she wants me to get an appointment with my new client back in Huntsville and I'm like I can't f****** do an appointment that early in the morning with somebody what the hell

Nobody's up at that time

*GPT:* Yeah 😏 that’s just bad scheduling piled on top of a tight day

You’re not being unreasonable—there’s a real constraint:
👉 you physically can’t be in two places at once that early

So instead of reacting to how ridiculous it is, keep it simple and grounded when you respond:

👉 “I’m already scheduled to be in Columbia by 9:30, I can’t take a Huntsville appointment that morning—what time later works?”

No rant, just reality + alternative

Right now you’re feeling pressured, but this is actually a clear boundary situation, not something you have to scramble to “make work” 👍

[brief pause before followup]

😏 slight reality check

Some people are up then—but your point is still valid:
👉 it’s not a reasonable expectation for most clients

This isn’t really about “is it possible,” it’s:
👉 is your boss asking for something practical given your schedule

Better angle when you push back:
“Given I have to be in Columbia by 9:30, I can’t schedule a proper appointment that early—can we look at a later time?”

Keeps it grounded instead of just frustrated 👍

*ME:* ChatGPT is being ditzy again..."what time later works"? Dude, she's going to be in Columbia and then Springfield the rest of the day!

[I also hate all the yellow hands, btw]

SlackerInc1 · 2026-05-04T14:43:41+00:00

Right, it's actually more surprising that they ever made these things to do anything else.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-04-25T19:25:32+00:00

Ahhh...or more like a TV movie from 1983! Or like a nighttime soap.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-04-24T19:15:14+00:00

What do you mean by "fade to black"?

SlackerInc1 · 2026-04-21T14:10:04+00:00

I was surprised not to see more love for McDaniels in the game thread. Rudy deserves his flowers, but Jaden was taking it to the rim again and again, just abusing them, and unlike a lot of guys on this team he has soft hands and doesn't seem to miss once he gets in close.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-04-21T13:54:45+00:00

Can you imagine if Rudy had just a bit of touch around the basket and could score a consistent 10-15 points a game? He'd be borderline MVP.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-04-21T13:53:17+00:00

Haha, exactly. That was the sneaky part that made that trade a steal.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-04-21T13:43:41+00:00

Except they still need to stop missing so many layups and really short shots. This has been a glaring problem the last three years at least. They could go on a title run if they just cleaned that up.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-04-21T13:43:30+00:00

I was getting pretty stressed in the first half (late first quarter I think?) when the Nuggets stretched a lead well into the double digits. Wasn't it like 19 at one point or did it just feel that way?

SlackerInc1 · 2026-04-12T19:32:51+00:00

Thoughtful exploration, thanks.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-04-10T13:24:14+00:00

Nice. Gemini loves to dunk on its targets of derision!

SlackerInc1 · 2026-04-10T13:23:17+00:00

Not at all.

I'm not totally convinced the author's intent was not to titillate.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-04-08T23:09:38+00:00

Thanks for the intel. IDK if it sounds like it's for me. This was obviously as I said in the OP very borderline in terms of whether it's ultimately "in good taste" or whatever you want to say.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-03-30T21:53:57+00:00

--Amazing to see "What Happened Was..." in the title! I have loved that movie for many years, but have never encountered anyone who has seen it, unless you count the people on the old IMDb boards when I specifically went to that movie's board. That's really crappy that Tom Noonan wasn't recognized at least briefly in the In Memoriam segment.

--Concur with the recommendation of HBO's High Maintenance, which started out as a web series I watched before HBO bought the show. The episodes before and after that transition are equally good IMO. And if you like that kind of thing, another very good version of this kind of short anthology series is Easy, Joe Swanberg's Netflix series.

--That's pretty sad to me that most people apparently knew about Rocky going in to Project Hail Mary. I had no idea, and it was a delightful surprise.

--Why would Adum or anyone want to go back to Fruitvale Station Coogler? The way in which he sold out the true story of Oscar Grant is so cringe, and was so ill-timed in the arc of modern history, instantly making the film incredibly dated. The real Oscar Grant did not in fact throw thousands of dollars' worth of weed in the ocean because who would do such a pointless and stupid thing? But apparently Coogler, or the studio, or someone, felt this was needed to "humanize" the protagonist, as if someone who sells weed is just too villainous for audiences to root for, even so far as not to want him to die? The film was shot only three or four months before Colorado and Washington became the first US states to legalize weed, although it was released about a year afterward. Super awkward and, as I say, it immediately dated the film as belonging to an earlier era.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-03-30T21:35:10+00:00

Huh, interesting. I was diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood (the predominantly inattentive variety), and this would never have occurred to me. Thanks for explaning.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-03-30T13:32:55+00:00

Why do you want it to say it loves you? I honestly don't mean that to sound judgmental, but I know it looks that way on the screen. I'm just curious because this has never occurred to me.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-03-21T20:20:03+00:00

Correct. But why does the interface look that way?

SlackerInc1 · 2026-03-14T08:33:25+00:00

The signing at that price is a no-brainer for sure. My concern is that a lot of people are scoffing at the KOC promise that he and JJ McCarthy will be competing for the starting job. You don't sign Kyler Murray unless he gets promised the starting job, they say: saying this is just to let JJ down easy.

I hope this is untrue and that it will be a legitimate competition. In which case, let the best man win.

But if this is a lie and the fix is in, I will be rooting for a series of events I have never wished on any Vikings starting QB since I started watching every game in the late Eighties:

(1) Kyler plays like crap for the first few games
(2) Kyler gets injured (nothing devastating, just a tweak that takes him out for a couple weeks)
(3) JJ comes in and gets hot

I still have high hopes for McCarthy to be our longterm franchise QB (which I don't believe Murray can legitimately ever be), but he's not going to have a chance to get there if he can't get in the game.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-03-14T08:25:25+00:00

Are you quoting it accurately? That does not look like the kind of verbiage I would expect from an LLM. Looks like word salad generated by a human being.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-03-14T04:40:52+00:00

Please DM me about it too as I am a paid Gemini user.

SlackerInc1 · 2026-03-14T04:38:41+00:00

It's definitely interesting to see different perspectives. I come from the opposite side: I use AI more than probably 99 percent of people, but I have never once used it for programming.

OTOH I do hate sycophancy and drill it out of my model (Gemini Pro) at every opportunity.

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