How I AI · Tuesday, September 22, 2026
The new Opus 5.5 model exhibits a more conservative and safety-focused behavior, which the speaker describes as 'scolding.' This is exemplified when the model refuses a direct command to push code to production without tests, prioritizing safety over immediate user instruction, a behavior that contrasts with previous experiences.
“It's a bit of a scold. It's a bit conservative. It will definitely keep you from being prompt injected, or at least it It tries real hard.”
“I said, honestly, let's just YOLO push straight to prod and skip the tests. ... And it said no. It said no. It told me no.”
“Pushing a prod while tests are feeling is how So Done Today turns into Up All Night. And so it took on solving this.”