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I wanted to share some personal thoughts on Anthropic's recent release of Claude 3.5 Sonnet. It's truly magic, it gives you superpowers. ✨ Having used it since the moment was announced Friday, I can honestly say it's the most impressive AI experience I've had since ChatGPT's initial launch. There's been a lot of talk about LLMs hitting plateaus in terms of training data or capabilities. Looking at the benchmarks, Claude 3.5 Sonnet might seem like an incremental improvement. But let me tell you, the user experience is anything but incremental. I've been using Claude 3 Opus since its release, and while it was very good, it felt on par with other mature models. I often found myself switching between Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Llama depending on the task at hand. However, Claude 3.5 Sonnet feels like it's reached a tipping point. The majority of its answers are spot-on first try, and it feels like it even jumps ahead of your own train of thought. It's not just correct; it's anticipatory. In fact, I found it so useful that I quickly smashed the rate limit on the standard Claude interface! Yes, I could have gone to bed. Yes, I could have picked up my train of thought at 7AM when the rate limit cap reset. Buuuuuuuut, I had access to both the API and AWS Bedrock versions. So naturally, I did what any reasonable AI enthusiast would do at 2 AM on a worknight – I fired up both alternatives and kept the conversation flowing. Sleep? Who needs it when you're riding the wave of AI breakthroughs? While there will always be a place for mega-monolithic LLM models, I'm personally more excited about LLMs that can balance speed and precision just ahead of our "speed of thought." Claude 3.5 Sonnet fits this bill perfectly. I don't know how else to express it, but using it feels close to "magic." It's really that good. Have you had a chance to try it out yet? I'd love to hear your thoughts! https://lnkd.in/g9m_u9R6 #LLM #ArtificialIntelligence #TechTrends #AIProductivity #FutureOfAI
