My Thoughts on Fable

The author has been using Fable as a thinking partner, noting similarities to Anthropic’s Opus model, and is exploring new AI tools like GPT 5.6. They are looking for an AI harness that can assist with creative thinking and brainstorming, rather than solely acting as a coding agent. The article also highlights Fable’s upcoming pricing changes and mentions various other AI developments, including OpenAI’s inference cost reduction and new models.

• Fable is being used as a ‘therapist/thinking partner’ with Opus-like traits, not for building.
• The author is seeking an AI harness for creative thinking and brainstorming, not just a coding agent.
• GPT 5.6 is expected to be released soon, with potentially similar creative/thinking capabilities.
• Fable’s availability through Claude subscriptions ends, requiring usage credits from tomorrow.
• OpenAI has reportedly cut inference costs in half and tested it on logged-out ChatGPT users.
• New OpenAI API model: GPT-Realtime-2.1-mini accepts video input and outputs audio with reasoning.
• Anthropic’s research shows Claude uses a ‘global workspace’ for unconscious concept activation.
• Other mentioned tools include OpenScience, integrations.sh, Boring Computers, Chromeless, and PersonalOS.
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