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ChatGPT 5.6 is a dumber model. I love it.

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  • Argues “dumber” doesn’t mean worse — compares how Fable 5 and ChatGPT 5.6 behave under compact vs. overloaded instruction systems, echoing the harness-bloat theme from the July 15 “Fable 5 And GPT-5.6 Don’t Need Better Prompts” piece.
  • Practical takeaway: a model that resists over-elaborated instructions and stays literal can outperform a “smarter” model buried under bloated context — model choice should account for how it handles a lean harness, not just raw capability scores.