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Anthropic removes 'adaptive thinking' from Sonnet 4.6, users complain

Users are expressing concern over Anthropic's removal of the "adaptive thinking" feature from its Sonnet 4.6 model. This feature reportedly allowed the model to respond more quickly to simpler tasks. Its absence has led to slower responses for non-complex queries and subpar performance when "thinking" is disabled, prompting users to keep it enabled, which in turn leads to faster rate limit hits on the Pro plan. AI

IMPACT User experience with AI models can be significantly impacted by feature changes, affecting efficiency and perceived performance.

RANK_REASON User discussion on Reddit about a product feature change.

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  1. r/Anthropic TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Tasty-Application368 ·

    Why have they removed Adaptive thinking from Sonnet 4.6?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Adaptive thinking was a good feature; it allowed the model to respond faster when it did not have a complex task at hand. Now, if I toggle thinking on, it thinks extra for tasks which do not require thinking, and if I turn it off, the responses a…