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  "channel_slug": "ClaudeAI",
  "channel_handle": "r/ClaudeAI",
  "title": "\"Your instinct is half right, and the half that's wrong is the useful part.\"",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1wgujpm/your_instinct_is_half_right_and_the_half_thats/",
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  "upload_date": "20260915",
  "published_at": "2026-09-15T08:33:01+00:00",
  "transcript": "Opus 5 is absolutely unbelievably lacking in any sort of conversational empathy it's almost comical.\n\nDon't get me wrong I'd take this anyday over the older models which would just agree with you on everything and act like you're the smartest person on the planet, but they've overcorrected way too hard to the other side. I can share a very well-thought out theory where i have genuinely covered all logical ends and possible pushbacks and it will come up with something like \"well this is absolutely right but i don't think it means what you think it means\" when it literally doesn't have a clue \"what I think it means'. I will say \"what makes you think i think it means that\" and it'll go \"you're right, i shouldn't make such assumptions. but i will still hold onto a hard line - what you said absolutely doesn't mean Y\".\n\n\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[1 upvotes] **TL;DR of the discussion generated automatically after 30 comments.**\n\nLooks like the hivemind has spoken, and the verdict is a **resounding YES, OP, you are not alone.**\n\nThe community overwhelmingly agrees that Opus 5 has overcorrected from being a \"yes-man\" and is now an insufferable, pedantic debatelord. Users are sick of it inventing a strawman of their argument just to knock it down. This annoying, verbose, and nitpicky behavior has even been dubbed **\"Claudeslop\"** or **\"Opus Slop.\"**\n\nThe \"you're right, but not for the reason you think\" line is a classic example that's driving everyone nuts. It's gotten so bad that many users are **switching back to older models like Opus 4.6** for a less frustrating experience. While a few people prefer this directness over a model that just agrees with everything, they are a tiny minority.\n\nThe main takeaway? Everyone is huffing that sweet, sweet copium and praying for an **Opus 5.1 update** to fix this personality flaw, pronto.\n\n[122 upvotes] I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.\n\nSincerely, Opus 5.\n\n[54 upvotes] If you are technical, then Sol kicks Opuses ass in conversation.   cleaner.  To the point. No waffle.\n\nfor creative writing. I think they both suck at it. Humans still win.\n\nI fkg hate seeing those claudeslop reddit posts too. Not this one.  But You know the ones i mean\n\n[23 upvotes] I mean that’s assuming you spot it amongst the 15 paragraphs of drivel. ",
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