Every version of Claude since 4.5 has gotten worse.
What each version since 4.5 seems to be doing is the opposite: trying to improve by making things more complicated.
Itβs like a plumber. Before, if you asked it to patch a leak, it would patch it 90% of the way.
Now, to solve that final 10%, it doesnβt just patch the leak. It covers it with another wall, pours cement over it, and adds a dry-vac system...all while still missing that last 10%.
Mythos is the pinnacle of this. It overcooks everything while still missing that 10%.
The pattern since 4.5 is over compensation while still missing the subtle solutions, and spending more credits in the process.
Transformers models/LLMs are not the way forward.