Opus 5.5 is impressive and cost-efficient #taskefficient #opus5.5 #claude

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• Nate B. Jones highlights the critical importance of “task efficiency” in evaluating AI models, showcasing Opus 5.5’s ability to complete complex tasks impressively and cost-effectively.
• He demonstrated Opus 5.5’s capabilities by having it “build” a 500-piece Lego set, which involved generating a video, a 63-page instruction booklet, assembly walkthroughs, and verification screenshots.
• This multi-modal task cost only about 50 cents on his subscription (using 89 million tokens and 1% of weekly usage), a stark contrast to the estimated $40-$50 for the same job via API, underscoring the value of subscription-based task efficiency.