“On Claude 3.0” by Zvi

Claude 3.0

Claude 3.0 is here. It is too early to know for certain how capable it is, but Claude 3.0's largest version is in a similar class to GPT-4 and Gemini Advanced. It could plausibly now be the best model for many practical uses, with praise especially coming in on coding and creative writing.

Anthropic has decided to name its three different size models Opus, Sonnet and Haiku, with Opus only available if you pay. Can we just use Large, Medium and Small?

Cost varies quite a lot by size, note this is a log scale on the x-axis, whereas the y-axis isn’t labeled.

This post goes over the benchmarks, statistics and system card, along with everything else people have been reacting to. That includes a discussion about signs of self-awareness (yes, we are doing this again) and also raising the question of whether [...]

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Outline:

(00:03) Claude 3.0

(01:10) Benchmarks and Stats

(06:01) The System Card

(13:06) The System Prompt

(17:42) Reactions on How Good Claude 3 is in Practice

(26:19) It Can’t Help But Notice

(31:47) Acts of Potential Self Awareness Awareness

(39:33) We Can’t Help But Notice

(55:34) What Happens Next?

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First published:
March 6th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/DwexbFdPJ5p9Er8wA/on-claude-3-0

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.