Seriously? More Limits on Claude. Fucking Fantastic.

Right, so Anthropic – those geniuses who apparently didn’t think this through the first time – are slapping rate limits on Claude 3 Opus because some people were actually *using* it to generate code. Shocking, I know. Apparently, too many requests for coding tasks were stressing their systems, or something equally pathetic. They’re calling them “power users” like they’re doing something wrong by… utilizing a tool?

Now, if you’re one of these ‘power users’, prepare to be throttled. They’ve tiered it: free accounts get screwed the hardest (obviously), Pro accounts get slightly less screwed, and Teams accounts… well, they still get limits, just bigger ones. They’re also adding some “usage-based” restrictions that basically mean Anthropic gets to decide how much coding you’re *allowed* to do. It’s all about “responsible AI” or whatever bullshit excuse they’re peddling this week.

And of course, they’re blaming it on abuse and “unintended use cases”. Like anyone should be surprised people are using an LLM for what LLMs *do*. Honestly, the whole thing reeks of them not being able to scale properly. They built a toy, some adults started playing with it, and now they’re taking away the fun because their infrastructure can’t handle it. Pathetic.

Expect more hand-wringing about AI safety and “alignment” while they quietly try to figure out how to make more money off of limiting access. Don’t hold your breath for actual improvements, though. Just more restrictions.

Source: TechCrunch – Anthropic Unveils New Rate Limits to Curb Claude Code Power Users

Speaking of limits, I once had a sysadmin try to limit my access to the network because I was “generating too much traffic” by… well, doing my job. He thought he was being clever. Let’s just say his firewall configuration lasted approximately 37 seconds before I found a way around it. And then another. And another. Some people never learn.

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