(2026-01-03) Ball On Opus Adopters

Dean Ball on adopters of Claude Opus 4.5: undoubtedly true that opus 4.5 is the 4o of the 130+ iq community. we have already seen opus psychosis.

Will Brown: is this how all the normies felt about 4o. if so, i get it lol

Dean Ball: perhaps I should have said opus 4.5 is the 4o of tpot rather than using iq. what I meant to say is that people with tons of context for ai--people who, if we're honest, wouldn't have touched 4o with a ten-foot pole (for the most part they used openai reasoners + claude or gemini... they are like, "my god, I feel like I am--no, we are-- creating genuinely excellent stuff, maybe even novel stuff, just me and the model. this model is a true partner in creation, and seems to have a real character and even perhaps a soul that I like."

• also: I am referring more to opus in claude code rather than the chatbot persona.