How I AI · Tuesday, September 22, 2026
The speaker announces a return to using Anthropic's Claude models, specifically Opus 5.5, after a period of frustration with previous versions that were perceived as "annoying" and rambling. The new version promises Fable-level performance at a significantly lower cost and with increased speed, addressing the core complaint of user experience.
“I have been off-clawed for... months. ... I stopped using Claude not because of its intelligence or its models. I stopped using Claude because it was Annoying. Annoying.”
“Anthropic just dropped Claude Opus 5.5, and their pitch is Fable-level performance for about 40% less than Opus 5, And it's 30% faster.”
“It is not annoying anymore, or at least it's minimally annoying. I love it.”