How I AI · Thursday, July 9, 2026
While the speaker finds Fable 5's conversational style off-putting, likening it to an engineer unfamiliar with humans, they acknowledge its good output when direct interaction is not required. They also note that Sonnet 5 received a "gold star" for its human-like conversational ability, aside from occasional "M-dashes."
“Now, I don't hate Fable 5. So I'm not saying that Fable 5 is out of the game. I will say I did not have to talk to Fable 5 when running this benchmark. I hate talking to Fable 5 because it talks to me like an engineer that has never met a human before. It's like its first day on earth. But when I don't have to talk to Fable 5, it outputs pretty good work and I would say had some good outcomes there.”
“But Sonnet 5 got a very good gold star for me because I said, aside from the M-dash, you are a human. That is very, very high praise.”