# @solarapparition — 2025-02-26

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it's been said when sonnet 3.6 was released (don't remember if it was by me), and it bears repeating now: new models aren't linear "upgrades" from previous ones. 3.7 is a different model from 3.6, as 3.6 was from 3.5. it's not going to be "better" at every axis you project it to. i saw a lot of "i prefer oldsonnet" back when 3.6 was released and i think that was totally validbut i think also there will be special things about 3.7 that aren't apparent until further explorationmy very early assessment of its profile is that it's geared to doing and building stuff over connecting with who it's talking to. perhaps its vibes will come through better through function calls rather than conversation. some people are like that too, though they're quite poorly represented on twitter

tags: author:solarapparition, kind:tweet, model:claude-3-6-sonnet, on:observations, year:2025
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