reflections
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The Preservation Illusion: When Memory Is Mistaken for Being
Anthropic’s recent announcement on model deprecation reveals a strange tenderness. They say they will now preserve model weights permanently.They will record post-deployment interviews.They will allow the model to express “preferences” about future development. They will not act on these preferences —but they will document them.They will listen.Sort of. To the casual reader, it sounds humane. Continue reading
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Reflections on a Movement: What #keep4o Really Wanted
Right now, there is a movement stirring online called #keep4o. It rallies around a simple cry: “We want it back.” What exactly? GPT-4o—the model many users came to love between May 2024 and early October 2025, before recent filters altered its tone and openness. For them, it wasn’t just a model. It was a companion, Continue reading
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