Ask HN: What causes Claude's '[mistake] – wait, no [correction]' pattern?
1•alastairr•1h ago
I've noticed this more and more recently, especially with Opus 4.6. Not super frequently, but enough that it stands out given how capable 4.6 is. Has anyone else seen this? Any theories as to what causes it?
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oulipo2•1h ago
There's nothing particular about this. This is just what you'd expect from a Language Model trained on large datasets. It reproduces a pattern commonly found in documents
alastairr•1h ago
Not sure I agree with you. For lower ability models, yes. Claude Opus 4.6 is incredibly capable, so it's odd to me it has this residual 'misspeak' behaviour.
oulipo2•1h ago
alastairr•1h ago