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by sensanaty·1y ago·view on hn ↗
The default "voice" (for lack of a better word) compared to 3.7 is infuriating. It reads like the biggest ass licker on the planet, and it also does crap like the below

> So, `implements` actually provides compile-time safety

What writing style even is this? Like it's trying to explain something to a 10 year old.

I suspect that the flattery is there because people react well to it and it keeps them more engaged. Plus, if it tells you your idea for a dog shit flavoured ice cream stall is the most genius idea on earth, people will use it more and send more messages back and forth.

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Man I miss Claude 2. It talked like a competent, but incredibly lazy person who didn't care for formality and wanted to get the interaction over with in the shortest possible time.
That's exactly what I want from an LLM. But then again I want a tool and not a robot prostitute
Gemini is closer to that, imo, especially when calling the API. It pushes back more and doesn't do as much of the "That's brilliant!" dance.
GPT 4.1 (via CoPilot) is like this. No extra verbiage.