Claude Opus 5.5 Should Raise Your Ambitions
Claude Opus 5.5 Should Raise Your AmbitionsZvi MowshowitzSep 26, 20261ShareWhen it comes to making things, or doing most things in general, Fable 5.1 and especially GPT-6 Astra raised my ambition level. Claude Opus 5.5 should raise your ambition levels again. It just works, and it persists, like Astra does.
- ▪Claude Opus 5.5 Should Raise Your AmbitionsZvi MowshowitzSep 26, 20261ShareWhen it comes to making things, or doing most things in general, Fable 5.1 and especially GPT-6 Astra raised my ambition level.
- ▪Claude Opus 5.5 should raise your ambition levels again.
- ▪It just works, and it persists, like Astra does.
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Claude Opus 5.5 Should Raise Your AmbitionsZvi MowshowitzSep 26, 20261ShareWhen it comes to making things, or doing most things in general, Fable 5.1 and especially GPT-6 Astra raised my ambition level. They should have raised yours, too. Claude Opus 5.5 should raise your ambition levels again. It just works, and it persists, like Astra does. It does the things. And it is highly pleasant to talk to, and its writing is pleasant to read, while you are at it. The game has been changed, again.Feedback is almost universally positive. Claude was never gone, but also is so back. The benchmarks are excellent, but ignore the benchmarks. Be ambitious. Go out and do things. Get curious. Have more interesting conversations.
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