Public story · 2026-03-02 · source-backed
Willison's February Newsletter: Opus 4.6 as Domain-Specific Proofreader
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Practical insight: Willison uses Claude Opus 4.6 as a proofreader that caught domain-specific inaccuracies — it flagged that "lack of fruiting rimu trees" should specify "lack of rimu masting" (mass fruiting events) in kakapo content. Concrete builder pattern for frontier models as fact-checking tools. simonwillison.net
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