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Fable 5.2 generates complex piano piece, costs more than Opus 5.5

A user conducted a test comparing Anthropic's Fable 5.2 model against Opus 5.5, evaluating their ability to generate original piano compositions. Fable 5.2 produced a piece titled "Riptide" in B-flat minor, which involved 759 notes and took 47 minutes to generate, costing $13.30. In comparison, Opus 5.5 generated a piece with 651 notes in 45 minutes, costing $7.20. The user noted that Fable 5.2 generated the MIDI directly using Python, without any audio input. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates AI's growing creative capabilities in music generation, highlighting differences in cost and complexity between models.

RANK_REASON User-driven benchmark of an AI model's creative output. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Fable 5.2 generates complex piano piece, costs more than Opus 5.5

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/oh-keh ·

    Piano Test on Fable 5.2!

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