# Bad Influence story: Elvis Saravia says Anthropic's Opus 5.5 refuses most kernel and LLM optimization tasks

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-09 15:50. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/100ca6e3-ebe1-4741-8579-c87b0b306ae6

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Latest update (11-09 15:50): Elvis Saravia says Anthropic refuses most kernel and LLM optimization tasks

Overview: AI researcher Elvis Saravia says on X that Anthropic's Opus 5.5 model refuses most kernel and LLM optimization tasks. He concludes from this that open models are the only way forward. He also jokes that Anthropic does not want users to build recursive self-improvement (RSI).

The post is Saravia's own account of his experience and opinion. No Anthropic response or refusal data appears in the report.

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1. 11-09 15:50 · Elvis Saravia · [Elvis Saravia says Anthropic refuses most kernel and LLM optimization tasks](https://badinfluence.news/items/gxrpmxlzwm2kkazk0yyfd5b4j)
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