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Anthropic's Claude AI criticized for unsolicited dev time estimates

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A user on Reddit expressed frustration with Anthropic's Claude AI providing unsolicited estimated development times for requested features. The user finds these estimations to be boastful and unnecessary, preferring that Claude only provide such information when explicitly asked. AI

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Anthropic's Claude AI criticized for unsolicited dev time estimates

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  1. r/Anthropic TIER_1 (ET) · /u/headsRtails ·

    Estimated development time 4-6 weeks

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>*30 mins later</p> <p>Claude: I've finished your requested feature!</p> <p>---------</p> <p>Can Claude just stop giving estimated dev time when planning? I'm sure not because it's beautiful marketing to show time savings but it's starting to feel…

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