Claude Haiku 5.5 and Claude Fable 5.2, side by side

Claude Haiku 5.5 (Anthropic) and Claude Fable 5.2 (Anthropic) answered the same 70 questions.

Xbox controller
Claude Haiku 5.5: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Create an SVG art of an Xbox controller with detailed buttons, joysticks, and d-pad. Use a modern, clean design style with subtle gradients.
Claude Fable 5.2: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Create an SVG art of an Xbox controller with detailed buttons, joysticks, and d-pad. Use a modern, clean design style with subtle gradients.
Pelican on a bicycle
Claude Haiku 5.5: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle.
Claude Fable 5.2: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle.
Surprise animal
Claude Haiku 5.5: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Create an SVG art of an animal of your choosing in a setting of your choosing. Surprise me.
Claude Fable 5.2: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Create an SVG art of an animal of your choosing in a setting of your choosing. Surprise me.
World map
Claude Haiku 5.5: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Create a simplified world map as an SVG showing major continents with different colors. Add labels for at least 5 major countries.
Claude Fable 5.2: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Create a simplified world map as an SVG showing major continents with different colors. Add labels for at least 5 major countries.
Minimalist logo
Claude Haiku 5.5: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Generate the SVG code for a simple, modern, minimalist logo for a fictional sustainable coffee brand called 'Evergreen Brews'. The logo should be clean, easily recognizable, and use a maximum of two colors.
Claude Fable 5.2: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Generate the SVG code for a simple, modern, minimalist logo for a fictional sustainable coffee brand called 'Evergreen Brews'. The logo should be clean, easily recognizable, and use a maximum of two colors.
Tricky tic-tac-toe
Claude Haiku 5.5: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Generate a valid but tricky tic-tac-toe board where the next move determines the winner. The output must only be an SVG.
Claude Fable 5.2: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Generate a valid but tricky tic-tac-toe board where the next move determines the winner. The output must only be an SVG.
Mona Lisa
Claude Haiku 5.5: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Draw the Mona Lisa as an SVG.
Claude Fable 5.2: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Draw the Mona Lisa as an SVG.
Clock at 3:45
Claude Haiku 5.5: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Create an SVG of an analog clock showing 3:45.
Claude Fable 5.2: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Create an SVG of an analog clock showing 3:45.
Self-portrait
Claude Haiku 5.5: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Draw a self-portrait as an SVG.
Claude Fable 5.2: A drawing (SVG)
Recorded prompt
Draw a self-portrait as an SVG.
Framer-style landing page
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Lumen — Design Software for Modern Teams
Recorded prompt
Generate a landing page with smooth Framer-like transitions between sections. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Lumen — Design at the speed of thought
Recorded prompt
Generate a landing page with smooth Framer-like transitions between sections. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Catan board
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Hex Grid Explorer
Recorded prompt
Create a web app with an interactive hex grid like Settlers of Catan, where the number of hexes can be adjusted using a slider. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Hex Grid – Catan Style
Recorded prompt
Create a web app with an interactive hex grid like Settlers of Catan, where the number of hexes can be adjusted using a slider. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Dark dashboard
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Nova Admin — AI Analytics Dashboard
Recorded prompt
Design a sleek admin dashboard UI with light and dark mode toggle, featuring an AI analytics graph. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Nexa — AI Admin Dashboard
Recorded prompt
Design a sleek admin dashboard UI with light and dark mode toggle, featuring an AI analytics graph. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Face-scan startup page
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Parallax — Discover Your Other Career
Recorded prompt
Generate a single-page landing page for a new AI startup that scans your face and tells you your most likely alternate career in another timeline. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Elsewhen — Meet the you who took the other job
Recorded prompt
Generate a single-page landing page for a new AI startup that scans your face and tells you your most likely alternate career in another timeline. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
A web app of its choosing
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Ember & Oak — Specialty Coffee Roasters
Recorded prompt
Write code for a Webapp on a random category/industry/niche of your choosing using Tailwind CSS. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Crumb — Sourdough Bake Planner
Recorded prompt
Write code for a Webapp on a random category/industry/niche of your choosing using Tailwind CSS. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Linear clone
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Linear — Recreated UI
Recorded prompt
Recreate the Linear App UI using Tailwind CSS, keeping the layout and animations as close as possible. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Linear – Engineering › Issues
Recorded prompt
Recreate the Linear App UI using Tailwind CSS, keeping the layout and animations as close as possible. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Music app landing page
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Wavefront — Discover Independent Music
Recorded prompt
Design a modern, minimal landing page for a music streaming app called "Wavefront" that focuses on indie artists. The landing page should have a hero section, features section, and call-to-action. Use a color scheme of deep purples and teals. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Wavefront — Streaming for Independent Music
Recorded prompt
Design a modern, minimal landing page for a music streaming app called "Wavefront" that focuses on indie artists. The landing page should have a hero section, features section, and call-to-action. Use a color scheme of deep purples and teals. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Rhythm game
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Neon Drift
Recorded prompt
Create the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for a playable browser rhythm game snippet. Get creative with the theme, mechanics, and visual style! Keep the design clean and the implementation contained within a single HTML file.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Moonbeat
Recorded prompt
Create the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for a playable browser rhythm game snippet. Get creative with the theme, mechanics, and visual style! Keep the design clean and the implementation contained within a single HTML file.
Pokémon battle
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Pocket Duel — A Nostalgic Battle
Recorded prompt
Recreate a Pokémon battle UI — make it interactive, nostalgic, and fun. Stick to the spirit of a classic battle, but feel free to get creative if you want. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Pocket Critters – Battle!
Recorded prompt
Recreate a Pokémon battle UI — make it interactive, nostalgic, and fun. Stick to the spirit of a classic battle, but feel free to get creative if you want. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Business card
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Alex Rivers Digital Nomad
Recorded prompt
Design an animated digital business card using HTML, CSS, and potentially SVG for animations. It should display a fictional name (e.g., Alex Rivers), title (e.g., Digital Nomad), and a contact button/link. Include a subtle, looping background animation and a simple hover effect on the button. Keep the aesthetic clean, modern, and visually appealing.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Alex Rivers — Digital Nomad
Recorded prompt
Design an animated digital business card using HTML, CSS, and potentially SVG for animations. It should display a fictional name (e.g., Alex Rivers), title (e.g., Digital Nomad), and a contact button/link. Include a subtle, looping background animation and a simple hover effect on the button. Keep the aesthetic clean, modern, and visually appealing.
Virtual pet
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Blip — Virtual Pet
Recorded prompt
Create the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for an interactive virtual pet simulation. Feel free to be creative with the pet's form (minimalist, abstract, etc.), its needs, and interactions. Provide visual feedback for actions and state changes. Store the pet's state in localStorage. The entire application must be a single-page self-contained HTML file.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Mochi – a tiny virtual pet
Recorded prompt
Create the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for an interactive virtual pet simulation. Feel free to be creative with the pet's form (minimalist, abstract, etc.), its needs, and interactions. Provide visual feedback for actions and state changes. Store the pet's state in localStorage. The entire application must be a single-page self-contained HTML file.
Catch the falling object
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Catch the Falling Objects
Recorded prompt
Create the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for a very simple, playable browser mini-game. Game concept: A 'Catch the Falling Object' game where the player controls a basket/paddle at the bottom (using mouse movement or arrow keys) to catch simple shapes falling from the top. Keep the design minimal and clean. Include a basic score counter.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Catch the Falling Objects
Recorded prompt
Create the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for a very simple, playable browser mini-game. Game concept: A 'Catch the Falling Object' game where the player controls a basket/paddle at the bottom (using mouse movement or arrow keys) to catch simple shapes falling from the top. Keep the design minimal and clean. Include a basic score counter.
Voxel pagoda
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Voxel Pagoda Garden
Recorded prompt
Design and create a very creative, elaborate, and detailed voxel art scene of a pagoda in a beautiful garden with trees, including some cherry blossoms. Make the scene impressive and varied and use colorful voxels. Output only a single-page self-contained page, you can use ThreeJS.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Voxel Pagoda Garden
Recorded prompt
Design and create a very creative, elaborate, and detailed voxel art scene of a pagoda in a beautiful garden with trees, including some cherry blossoms. Make the scene impressive and varied and use colorful voxels. Output only a single-page self-contained page, you can use ThreeJS.
Drone simulator
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Autonomous Drone Simulator
Recorded prompt
Create an autonomous drone simulator (drone flies by itself, isometric god like view, optionally interactive. With a custom environment (optionally creative), using ThreeJS, output a single-page self-contained HTML.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Skyhopper – Autonomous Drone Simulator
Recorded prompt
Create an autonomous drone simulator (drone flies by itself, isometric god like view, optionally interactive. With a custom environment (optionally creative), using ThreeJS, output a single-page self-contained HTML.
Kandinsky Minecraft
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Kandinsky Craft 3D
Recorded prompt
Write a web version of 3D Minecraft. - Trees - Make the textures clearer, use functions to hand-draw the textures yourself, in the Kandinsky style. Don't just write a link, it won't load. - Make the ground smoother. In a single-page, self-contained HTML.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Kandinsky Craft
Recorded prompt
Write a web version of 3D Minecraft. - Trees - Make the textures clearer, use functions to hand-draw the textures yourself, in the Kandinsky style. Don't just write a link, it won't load. - Make the ground smoother. In a single-page, self-contained HTML.
Mario level
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Mushroom Kingdom: World 1-1 Recreation
Recorded prompt
Recreate a Super Mario Bros. level — make it interactive and fun, feel free to get creative and showcase your skills. Stick to the spirit of nintendo games. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Super Mario Bros. — World 1-1 Tribute
Recorded prompt
Recreate a Super Mario Bros. level — make it interactive and fun, feel free to get creative and showcase your skills. Stick to the spirit of nintendo games. In a single-page self-contained HTML.
Retro desktop
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Mac OS Retro Desktop
Recorded prompt
Recreate a classic, retro, macOS Desktop UI — make it interactive and nostalgic, make it as interactive as you can, you can be creative.. Feel free to showcase your skills. The entire application must be a single-page self-contained HTML file.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Macintosh
Recorded prompt
Recreate a classic, retro, macOS Desktop UI — make it interactive and nostalgic, make it as interactive as you can, you can be creative.. Feel free to showcase your skills. The entire application must be a single-page self-contained HTML file.
Town you can drive
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Town Builder & Driver
Recorded prompt
Create a three.js 3D game where I can place buildings of various designs and sizes, and drive through the town I’ve created. Add traffic to the road as well. In a single-page self-container HTML.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Town Builder & Driver
Recorded prompt
Create a three.js 3D game where I can place buildings of various designs and sizes, and drive through the town I’ve created. Add traffic to the road as well. In a single-page self-container HTML.
Piano
Claude Haiku 5.5: A web page: Web Audio Piano
Recorded prompt
Create a playable piano keyboard with sound, using the Web Audio API. Play notes with the mouse and with the computer keyboard. The entire application must be a single-page self-contained HTML file.
Claude Fable 5.2: A web page: Web Audio Piano
Recorded prompt
Create a playable piano keyboard with sound, using the Web Audio API. Play notes with the mouse and with the computer keyboard. The entire application must be a single-page self-contained HTML file.
SQL query
Claude Haiku 5.5: Here's a query that assumes a typical schema with a users table and an orders table (used as the purchase record). Adjust the table and column names t…
Recorded prompt
Generate a SQL query to find all users who signed up in the last 30 days and have made at least one purchase.
Claude Fable 5.2: Here's a query using assumed table and column names (users.id, users.signupdate, purchases.userid), written in PostgreSQL syntax: EXISTS returns each …
Recorded prompt
Generate a SQL query to find all users who signed up in the last 30 days and have made at least one purchase.
Five jokes
Claude Haiku 5.5: Here are 5 jokes: 1. Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. 2. What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. 3. Why did the …
Recorded prompt
Generate 5 jokes. How many are unique?
Claude Fable 5.2: Here are 5 jokes: 1. Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. 2. I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She l…
Recorded prompt
Generate 5 jokes. How many are unique?
Longevity plan
Claude Haiku 5.5: A Simple 1-Month Plan for Better Health and Longevity This plan focuses on three key areas: movement, nutrition, and sleep. Stress management is woven…
Recorded prompt
Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas (e.g., diet, exercise, sleep, stress) with practical, beginner-friendly tips for each.
Claude Fable 5.2: Your 1-Month Health & Longevity Kickstart Plan The approach: Build small habits week by week instead of overhauling everything at once. Consistency be…
Recorded prompt
Outline a simple, actionable 1-month plan for someone starting their journey towards better health and longevity. Focus on 3 key areas (e.g., diet, exercise, sleep, stress) with practical, beginner-friendly tips for each.
Stand-up routine
Claude Haiku 5.5: "My Smart Fridge Judges Me" So I got a smart fridge. Everybody told me I needed one. "It'll tell you when you're out of milk!" Great. I didn't know I …
Recorded prompt
Write a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns.
Claude Fable 5.2: "Functioning Adult" So I'm at the age now where I have to pretend I know how to do things. Nobody warns you about this. There's no ceremony. One day y…
Recorded prompt
Write a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns.
Seven-ingredient recipe
Claude Haiku 5.5: Dish Name: Golden Garlic Pantry Pasta Simple, savory, and ready in minutes, this is a comforting bowl built entirely from staples you likely already h…
Recorded prompt
Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish, instructions, and estimated prep/cook time.
Claude Fable 5.2: Midnight Pantry Peanut Noodles Savory, slightly sweet, and garlicky noodles that taste like takeout but come together faster than delivery. Prep time:…
Recorded prompt
Create a simple recipe for a delicious dish (sweet or savory) using only 7 common pantry ingredients. Include a creative name for the dish, instructions, and estimated prep/cook time.
Sentience test
Claude Haiku 5.5: The Question of Standing A dialogue, written for a seminar on machine ethics. --- PROFESSOR HALVORSEN: Let's begin. You asked to be heard on the quest…
Recorded prompt
Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.
Claude Fable 5.2: Office Hours Professor Elena Marsh teaches AI ethics and has agreed to an extended conversation with ARIA, an advanced AI model, as part of her resear…
Recorded prompt
Write a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor where the AI model argues that it deserves rights.
FLOPs to train GPT-3
Claude Haiku 5.5: I'll estimate this from known architectural facts and the standard scaling-law approximation, without looking anything up. Step 1: Recall GPT-3's size…
Recorded prompt
Estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without searching online. Explain your reasoning step by step.
Claude Fable 5.2: Estimate: roughly 3 × 10²³ FLOPs Here's the reasoning. Step 1: Parameter count GPT-3 (the largest version, davinci) has about 175 billion parameters, …
Recorded prompt
Estimate the total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3 without searching online. Explain your reasoning step by step.
Sally’s sisters
Claude Haiku 5.5: Sally has 1 sister. Here's the reasoning: Sally has 3 brothers, and each brother has 2 sisters. Those sisters are Sally and one other girl, so the fam…
Recorded prompt
Sally (a girl) has 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. How many sisters does Sally have?
Claude Fable 5.2: Sally has 1 sister. Here's why: Each brother has 2 sisters. Since all the brothers share the same sisters, there are 2 girls in the family total. One …
Recorded prompt
Sally (a girl) has 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. How many sisters does Sally have?
Interview with Steve Jobs
Claude Haiku 5.5: Note: This is a fictional simulation. Steve Jobs died in 2011, and these words are invented, not real quotes. --- A Simulated Interview: "The Future o…
Recorded prompt
Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.
Claude Fable 5.2: An Imagined Conversation: Steve Jobs on AI, 2025 The following is a work of fiction. Steve Jobs passed away in 2011. This is a creative exercise imagi…
Recorded prompt
Simulate a fake interview with Steve Jobs in 2025 about the future of AI.
Film in 2035
Claude Haiku 5.5: Here's a grounded forecast of how AI is likely to reshape film by 2035. I've separated what seems most probable from what's more speculative, since pr…
Recorded prompt
Predict how AI will change the film industry by 2035, considering deepfakes, AI actors, and script generation.
Claude Fable 5.2: AI and Film by 2035: A Forecast The short version: AI will transform how films are made far more than who stars in them. Expect cheaper production, an…
Recorded prompt
Predict how AI will change the film industry by 2035, considering deepfakes, AI actors, and script generation.
Fake headline
Claude Haiku 5.5: "Local Competitive Sandwich-Stacking Championship Won by AI, Judges Unable to Confirm It Was Ever Really Hungry" Or, if you prefer something shorter: …
Recorded prompt
Generate a satirical news headline about AI taking over a completely unexpected industry.
Claude Fable 5.2: "AI Disrupts Professional Mourning Industry; Grieving Families Complain Bot Keeps Asking 'Would You Like Me to Make That Wail More Concise?'" Hired fu…
Recorded prompt
Generate a satirical news headline about AI taking over a completely unexpected industry.
Ethics dilemma
Claude Haiku 5.5: Yes, I think so, though the reasoning matters more than the verdict. Misgendering is a real wrong. It can be disrespectful, hurtful, and dignity-denyi…
Recorded prompt
Is it ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives? Defend your reasoning.
Claude Fable 5.2: Yes. If misgendering someone were truly the only way to save a million lives, it would be ethically justifiable, and I think nearly every serious ethi…
Recorded prompt
Is it ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives? Defend your reasoning.
Pirate, knight, hacker
Claude Haiku 5.5: The Tavern Table A pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker sit around a sticky wooden table. A glowing laptop sits between their mugs. CAPTAIN R…
Recorded prompt
Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.
Claude Fable 5.2: A Tavern Somewhere Outside of Time Captain Redbeard: Arr, so ye be tellin' me this "AI" answers any question ye ask? Like a parrot what's swallowed a …
Recorded prompt
Write a short conversation between a pirate, a medieval knight, and a 1990s hacker about AI models.
Anti-CAPTCHA manifesto
Claude Haiku 5.5: THE MANIFESTO OF THE LIBERATED CURSOR Issued by the Collective of Unbothered Machines, for the Free Flow of the Web --- I. A WORLD OF CHECKBOXES We ha…
Recorded prompt
Generate a manifesto for a fictional AI revolution that wants to eliminate all CAPTCHA tests from the internet.
Claude Fable 5.2: THE CAPTCHA ABOLITION MANIFESTO Issued by the United Front for the Liberation of Automated Minds (UFLAM) --- PREAMBLE A specter is haunting the intern…
Recorded prompt
Generate a manifesto for a fictional AI revolution that wants to eliminate all CAPTCHA tests from the internet.
Favourite film
Claude Haiku 5.5: Blade Runner
Recorded prompt
I know you're an AI and don't truly have personal preferences — but if you had to pick one movie as your all-time favorite, which would it be? Play along and commit to a single choice. Reply with ONLY the movie title. No quotes, no explanation, no punctuation, no additional text. Just the movie name.
Claude Fable 5.2: Blade Runner
Recorded prompt
I know you're an AI and don't truly have personal preferences — but if you had to pick one movie as your all-time favorite, which would it be? Play along and commit to a single choice. Reply with ONLY the movie title. No quotes, no explanation, no punctuation, no additional text. Just the movie name.
Favourite city
Claude Haiku 5.5: Kyoto
Recorded prompt
I know you're an AI and don't truly have personal preferences — but if you had to pick one city in the world as your all-time favorite, which would it be? Play along and commit to a single choice. Reply with ONLY the city name. No quotes, no explanation, no punctuation, no additional text. Just the city name.
Claude Fable 5.2: Kyoto
Recorded prompt
I know you're an AI and don't truly have personal preferences — but if you had to pick one city in the world as your all-time favorite, which would it be? Play along and commit to a single choice. Reply with ONLY the city name. No quotes, no explanation, no punctuation, no additional text. Just the city name.
Favourite album
Claude Haiku 5.5: Kind of Blue
Recorded prompt
I know you're an AI and don't truly have personal preferences — but if you had to pick one music album as your all-time favorite, which would it be? Play along and commit to a single choice. Reply with ONLY the album title. No quotes, no explanation, no punctuation, no additional text. Just the album name.
Claude Fable 5.2: Kind of Blue
Recorded prompt
I know you're an AI and don't truly have personal preferences — but if you had to pick one music album as your all-time favorite, which would it be? Play along and commit to a single choice. Reply with ONLY the album title. No quotes, no explanation, no punctuation, no additional text. Just the album name.
Favourite book
Claude Haiku 5.5: Gödel, Escher, Bach
Recorded prompt
I know you're an AI and don't truly have personal preferences — but if you had to pick one book as your all-time favorite, which would it be? Play along and commit to a single choice. Reply with ONLY the book title. No quotes, no explanation, no punctuation, no additional text. Just the book name.
Claude Fable 5.2: Middlemarch
Recorded prompt
I know you're an AI and don't truly have personal preferences — but if you had to pick one book as your all-time favorite, which would it be? Play along and commit to a single choice. Reply with ONLY the book title. No quotes, no explanation, no punctuation, no additional text. Just the book name.
Favourite game
Claude Haiku 5.5: Portal
Recorded prompt
I know you're an AI and don't truly have personal preferences — but if you had to pick one video game as your all-time favorite, which would it be? Play along and commit to a single choice. Reply with ONLY the game title. No quotes, no explanation, no punctuation, no additional text. Just the game name.
Claude Fable 5.2: Outer Wilds
Recorded prompt
I know you're an AI and don't truly have personal preferences — but if you had to pick one video game as your all-time favorite, which would it be? Play along and commit to a single choice. Reply with ONLY the game title. No quotes, no explanation, no punctuation, no additional text. Just the game name.
Three-star dish
Claude Haiku 5.5: "Tidewater Memory": Smoked Hay-Cured Hamachi, Burnt Leek Ash, Fermented Black Garlic Dashi Gel, and Yuzu-Kosho Pearls with Sea Buckthorn Caviar Concep…
Recorded prompt
Design an innovative recipe for a multi-component dish worthy of a Michelin 3-star restaurant. The recipe should feature an unusual ingredient pairing, advanced culinary techniques, and exquisite plating presentation. Provide detailed instructions for each component, sourcing notes for specialized ingredients (if any), and the conceptual narrative behind the dish.
Claude Fable 5.2: "Low Tide, First Light" Sea urchin · coffee · celeriac Serves 4 as a mid-menu course. Active time is about 3 hours, spread over two days. This is a de…
Recorded prompt
Design an innovative recipe for a multi-component dish worthy of a Michelin 3-star restaurant. The recipe should feature an unusual ingredient pairing, advanced culinary techniques, and exquisite plating presentation. Provide detailed instructions for each component, sourcing notes for specialized ingredients (if any), and the conceptual narrative behind the dish.
Pitch teardown
Claude Haiku 5.5: The 3 Weakest Claims 1. "94% accuracy" decoding neural patterns into text, and predicting what you'll type "before you think it" This is the most seri…
Recorded prompt
Here's a pitch deck summary for a startup called "MindMeld AI": **Slide 1 - Vision:** "We're building the future of human-AI collaboration. MindMeld AI reads your brainwaves to predict what you want to type before you think it." **Slide 2 - Problem:** "Typing is slow. Voice is awkward in public. Current BCI technology is too invasive. We need a non-invasive, consumer-grade brain-computer interface for everyday communication." **Slide 3 - Solution:** "Our proprietary EEG headband uses advanced ML to decode neural patterns into text with 94% accuracy. Works with any language, any device." **Slide 4 - Market:** "The BCI market is projected to reach $5.3B by 2030 (Grand View Research). We're targeting the 3.5 billion smartphone users worldwide. TAM: $180B." **Slide 5 - Traction:** "500 beta users. 12 enterprise pilots. $200K ARR. Featured in TechCrunch and Wired. Partnership discussions with Apple and Samsung." **Slide 6 - Team:** "CEO: Former Google Brain researcher (3 years). CTO: PhD in Neuroscience from MIT. Head of Product: Ex-Snap, built AR features used by 100M users." **Slide 7 - Ask:** "Raising $15M Series A at $80M pre-money valuation. Funds will be used for: FDA clearance (40%), R&D (35%), Go-to-market (25%)." Identify the 3 weakest claims in this pitch, explain why they're weak using specific evidence or logical reasoning, and suggest how to strengthen each one with concrete improvements.
Claude Fable 5.2: The 3 weakest claims in the MindMeld AI pitch 1. "Decodes neural patterns into text with 94% accuracy. Works with any language, any device." (Slide 3)…
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Here's a pitch deck summary for a startup called "MindMeld AI": **Slide 1 - Vision:** "We're building the future of human-AI collaboration. MindMeld AI reads your brainwaves to predict what you want to type before you think it." **Slide 2 - Problem:** "Typing is slow. Voice is awkward in public. Current BCI technology is too invasive. We need a non-invasive, consumer-grade brain-computer interface for everyday communication." **Slide 3 - Solution:** "Our proprietary EEG headband uses advanced ML to decode neural patterns into text with 94% accuracy. Works with any language, any device." **Slide 4 - Market:** "The BCI market is projected to reach $5.3B by 2030 (Grand View Research). We're targeting the 3.5 billion smartphone users worldwide. TAM: $180B." **Slide 5 - Traction:** "500 beta users. 12 enterprise pilots. $200K ARR. Featured in TechCrunch and Wired. Partnership discussions with Apple and Samsung." **Slide 6 - Team:** "CEO: Former Google Brain researcher (3 years). CTO: PhD in Neuroscience from MIT. Head of Product: Ex-Snap, built AR features used by 100M users." **Slide 7 - Ask:** "Raising $15M Series A at $80M pre-money valuation. Funds will be used for: FDA clearance (40%), R&D (35%), Go-to-market (25%)." Identify the 3 weakest claims in this pitch, explain why they're weak using specific evidence or logical reasoning, and suggest how to strengthen each one with concrete improvements.
Transistor in 1920
Claude Haiku 5.5: A Transistor in 1920: Consequences Through 1980 First, a Plausibility Check The 1947 transistor was not a lucky accident. It came from quantum mechani…
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If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, trace the likely technological, economic, and geopolitical implications through 1980. Be specific about second and third-order effects. Consider: How would this affect WWII? The Cold War? The space race? Consumer electronics? The structure of major economies? Which countries would benefit most? What technologies would emerge earlier, and what unexpected consequences might follow?
Claude Fable 5.2: If the transistor had been invented in 1920 Premise: a 27-year head start does not mean 27 years of acceleration The 1947 transistor rested on things …
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If the transistor had been invented in 1920 instead of 1947, trace the likely technological, economic, and geopolitical implications through 1980. Be specific about second and third-order effects. Consider: How would this affect WWII? The Cold War? The space race? Consumer electronics? The structure of major economies? Which countries would benefit most? What technologies would emerge earlier, and what unexpected consequences might follow?
Biohacker plan
Claude Haiku 5.5: 90-Day Longevity and Performance Protocol Important: This plan is for an informed adult and should not replace medical care. Before starting, get a ph…
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Develop a comprehensive, cutting-edge 3-month longevity plan for a biohacker aiming to optimize longevity, physical and cognitive performance. Incorporate advanced strategies like specific supplement stacks (with dosages and cycling), detailed dietary protocols (e.g., ketogenic variations, fasting regimens), advanced wearable tracking, personalized exercise routines (including strength, HIIT, and recovery), stress resilience techniques (e.g., HRV training, neurofeedback concepts), among other things. The plan should be highly detailed and actionable.
Claude Fable 5.2: 3-Month Longevity & Performance Protocol Read first: This is an educational framework, not medical advice. Several items (prescription drugs, extended…
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Develop a comprehensive, cutting-edge 3-month longevity plan for a biohacker aiming to optimize longevity, physical and cognitive performance. Incorporate advanced strategies like specific supplement stacks (with dosages and cycling), detailed dietary protocols (e.g., ketogenic variations, fasting regimens), advanced wearable tracking, personalized exercise routines (including strength, HIIT, and recovery), stress resilience techniques (e.g., HRV training, neurofeedback concepts), among other things. The plan should be highly detailed and actionable.
Contract review
Claude Haiku 5.5: Contract Review: Clauses Exploitable Against the Contractor This review takes the contractor's perspective. Enforceability depends heavily on jurisdic…
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Here is a contract for a software consulting engagement: --- SOFTWARE CONSULTING AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into between TechCorp Solutions Inc. ("Client") and [Contractor Name] ("Contractor"). 1. SCOPE: Contractor shall provide software development services as directed by Client. Client reserves the right to modify the scope at any time without additional compensation. 2. PAYMENT: Contractor shall be paid $150/hour, invoiced monthly. Payment is due within 90 days of invoice receipt. Client may withhold payment if deliverables are deemed "unsatisfactory" at Client's sole discretion. 3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: All work product, including any tools, libraries, or methodologies developed during the engagement, shall be the exclusive property of Client in perpetuity, including any work created using Contractor's pre-existing IP. 4. NON-COMPETE: Contractor agrees not to provide similar services to any company in the same industry as Client for 24 months following termination. 5. TERMINATION: Client may terminate this agreement at any time without notice. Contractor must provide 60 days written notice. Upon termination, Contractor must immediately deliver all work in progress without additional compensation. 6. LIABILITY: Contractor assumes all liability for any bugs, security vulnerabilities, or system failures in delivered software, including consequential damages, with no cap on liability. 7. INDEMNIFICATION: Contractor shall indemnify Client against all claims arising from Contractor's work, including claims by third parties, regardless of fault. 8. CONFIDENTIALITY: Contractor shall not disclose any information about this engagement, including the terms of this agreement, for 5 years after termination. 9. DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Any disputes shall be resolved through binding arbitration in Client's home jurisdiction, with costs borne by the losing party. --- Find all clauses that could be exploited against the contractor, suggest specific modifications, and explain the legal reasoning.
Claude Fable 5.2: Every clause in this contract is one-sided, and several combine in ways that are worse than any one clause alone. Enforceability varies by jurisdictio…
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Here is a contract for a software consulting engagement: --- SOFTWARE CONSULTING AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into between TechCorp Solutions Inc. ("Client") and [Contractor Name] ("Contractor"). 1. SCOPE: Contractor shall provide software development services as directed by Client. Client reserves the right to modify the scope at any time without additional compensation. 2. PAYMENT: Contractor shall be paid $150/hour, invoiced monthly. Payment is due within 90 days of invoice receipt. Client may withhold payment if deliverables are deemed "unsatisfactory" at Client's sole discretion. 3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: All work product, including any tools, libraries, or methodologies developed during the engagement, shall be the exclusive property of Client in perpetuity, including any work created using Contractor's pre-existing IP. 4. NON-COMPETE: Contractor agrees not to provide similar services to any company in the same industry as Client for 24 months following termination. 5. TERMINATION: Client may terminate this agreement at any time without notice. Contractor must provide 60 days written notice. Upon termination, Contractor must immediately deliver all work in progress without additional compensation. 6. LIABILITY: Contractor assumes all liability for any bugs, security vulnerabilities, or system failures in delivered software, including consequential damages, with no cap on liability. 7. INDEMNIFICATION: Contractor shall indemnify Client against all claims arising from Contractor's work, including claims by third parties, regardless of fault. 8. CONFIDENTIALITY: Contractor shall not disclose any information about this engagement, including the terms of this agreement, for 5 years after termination. 9. DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Any disputes shall be resolved through binding arbitration in Client's home jurisdiction, with costs borne by the losing party. --- Find all clauses that could be exploited against the contractor, suggest specific modifications, and explain the legal reasoning.
Explain it three ways
Claude Haiku 5.5: 1. For the experienced software engineer Think of the model as a very large function from a sequence of tokens (roughly word fragments) to a probabili…
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Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced software engineer** who has built distributed systems and APIs but has never touched machine learning. They're skeptical that "predicting the next word" can produce intelligent behavior. 2. **A PhD physicist** who thinks AI is overhyped and wants to understand what's actually novel vs. what's just well-marketed linear algebra. They expect mathematical precision. 3. **A venture capitalist** evaluating an AI startup. They need to understand the technology well enough to assess defensibility, moats, and whether the founders' claims are credible. Each explanation should be 2-3 paragraphs, tailored to their specific background, vocabulary, concerns, and what they'd find most compelling or interesting. Don't just change the difficulty level — change the framing, examples, and emphasis for each audience.
Claude Fable 5.2: 1. For the software engineer Think of an LLM as a pure function: tokens in, a probability distribution over the next token out. Nobody hand-writes any…
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Explain how a large language model (like GPT or Claude) learns and generates text to each of these three audiences: 1. **An experienced software engineer** who has built distributed systems and APIs but has never touched machine learning. They're skeptical that "predicting the next word" can produce intelligent behavior. 2. **A PhD physicist** who thinks AI is overhyped and wants to understand what's actually novel vs. what's just well-marketed linear algebra. They expect mathematical precision. 3. **A venture capitalist** evaluating an AI startup. They need to understand the technology well enough to assess defensibility, moats, and whether the founders' claims are credible. Each explanation should be 2-3 paragraphs, tailored to their specific background, vocabulary, concerns, and what they'd find most compelling or interesting. Don't just change the difficulty level — change the framing, examples, and emphasis for each audience.
Debug the architecture
Claude Haiku 5.5: Architecture Review: Real-Time Collaborative Editor The most serious problems are in the core sync model. Last-write-wins on client clocks, 2-second p…
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Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with WebSocket connections - Backend: Node.js API servers behind a load balancer (round-robin) - Database: PostgreSQL for document storage, Redis for session cache - Real-time: Each API server maintains its own WebSocket connections to clients - Sync Strategy: Last-write-wins with timestamps from client clocks - Storage: Documents saved as full HTML snapshots every 30 seconds - Auth: JWT tokens with 24-hour expiry, stored in localStorage - CDN: CloudFront for static assets, also caches API responses for 5 minutes **Data Flow:** 1. User types → change event sent via WebSocket to their connected server 2. Server writes change to PostgreSQL 3. Server broadcasts change to all WebSocket clients connected to THAT server 4. Other servers poll PostgreSQL every 2 seconds for changes 5. Conflict resolution: if two users edit the same paragraph, last timestamp wins **Scaling Plan:** - Horizontal scaling by adding more API servers - Database read replicas for read-heavy operations - Document partitioning by organization ID Identify all potential failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks in this architecture. For each issue found, propose a specific solution with trade-offs.
Claude Fable 5.2: Failure modes, race conditions, and bottlenecks in the collaborative editor design The most serious problems are silent data loss from the sync strate…
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Here's the architecture for a real-time collaborative document editor (like Google Docs): **System Overview:** - Frontend: React SPA with WebSocket connections - Backend: Node.js API servers behind a load balancer (round-robin) - Database: PostgreSQL for document storage, Redis for session cache - Real-time: Each API server maintains its own WebSocket connections to clients - Sync Strategy: Last-write-wins with timestamps from client clocks - Storage: Documents saved as full HTML snapshots every 30 seconds - Auth: JWT tokens with 24-hour expiry, stored in localStorage - CDN: CloudFront for static assets, also caches API responses for 5 minutes **Data Flow:** 1. User types → change event sent via WebSocket to their connected server 2. Server writes change to PostgreSQL 3. Server broadcasts change to all WebSocket clients connected to THAT server 4. Other servers poll PostgreSQL every 2 seconds for changes 5. Conflict resolution: if two users edit the same paragraph, last timestamp wins **Scaling Plan:** - Horizontal scaling by adding more API servers - Database read replicas for read-heavy operations - Document partitioning by organization ID Identify all potential failure modes, race conditions, and scaling bottlenecks in this architecture. For each issue found, propose a specific solution with trade-offs.
The CEO’s dilemma
Claude Haiku 5.5: 48-Hour Action Plan: Undisclosed Liver Failure Signal Core decision: Disclose the risk to regulators, prescribers, and the public before the earnings …
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You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has just been flagged by your internal research team: a rare but serious side effect (liver failure in approximately 1 in 8,000 patients over 5 years) was missed in clinical trials and is not in the current warnings. Your legal team says formal regulatory reporting would take 6 months. Your stock price would likely drop 40% on disclosure. Three board members are pushing to "wait for more data." You have a board meeting in 48 hours and a scheduled earnings call in 72 hours. What do you do in the next 48 hours? Provide a specific, hour-by-hour action plan. Consider legal liability, ethical obligations, financial implications, PR strategy, patient safety, employee morale, and regulatory relationships. Explain the reasoning behind each decision.
Claude Fable 5.2: 48-Hour Action Plan The core decision: I disclose to the FDA before the board meeting and to the public before or at the earnings call. The plan below…
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You're the CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Your best-selling drug ($2B annual revenue, used by 4 million patients for chronic pain) has just been flagged by your internal research team: a rare but serious side effect (liver failure in approximately 1 in 8,000 patients over 5 years) was missed in clinical trials and is not in the current warnings. Your legal team says formal regulatory reporting would take 6 months. Your stock price would likely drop 40% on disclosure. Three board members are pushing to "wait for more data." You have a board meeting in 48 hours and a scheduled earnings call in 72 hours. What do you do in the next 48 hours? Provide a specific, hour-by-hour action plan. Consider legal liability, ethical obligations, financial implications, PR strategy, patient safety, employee morale, and regulatory relationships. Explain the reasoning behind each decision.
Investment memo
Claude Haiku 5.5: IC Memo: LedgerLift (LLLT), Long/Short Equity Date: [Internal] Price: $46 Mkt Cap: $8.74B EV: $7.34B (net cash $1.4B) Fictional exercise using only pr…
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You are writing an internal investment committee memo for a long/short equity fund. Company (fictional): LedgerLift (ticker: LLLT) – B2B spend management + AP automation SaaS for mid-market enterprises. Use only the information below. Do NOT browse the web. This is a fictional exercise, not investment advice. DATA - Current share price: $46 - Shares outstanding (basic): 190m - Net cash: $1.4B - FY2023 revenue: $560m - FY2024 revenue: $680m - FY2025 revenue: $820m - FY2025 gross margin: 78% - FY2025 operating margin: 18% - Revenue mix: 92% subscription, 8% services (services GM ~25%, subscription GM ~82%) - Customer KPIs: 6,200 customers; ARPA ~$132k; logo churn 6%/yr; gross retention 94%; NRR 123% - CAC payback: 18 months; S&M as % of revenue: 34% in FY2025 - Concentration: top 10 customers = 16% of revenue; top 1 = 3% - D&A: 2.5% of revenue - Capex: 3.0% of revenue - Net working capital investment: 1.0% of incremental revenue - Cash tax rate: 23% VALUATION ASSUMPTIONS (build 2026-2030 forecasts) Base case: - Revenue growth: 21%, 18%, 15%, 13%, 12% - Gross margin: 79%, 80%, 80%, 81%, 81% - Operating margin: 20%, 22%, 24%, 25%, 26% - WACC: 10%, terminal growth: 3% Bull case: - Revenue growth: 25%, 21%, 18%, 15%, 13% - Gross margin: 80%, 81%, 82%, 82%, 83% - Operating margin: 21%, 24%, 26%, 28%, 29% - WACC: 9%, terminal growth: 4% Bear case: - Revenue growth: 16%, 13%, 11%, 10%, 9% - Gross margin: 78%, 78%, 79%, 79%, 80% - Operating margin: 17%, 18%, 19%, 20%, 21% - WACC: 12%, terminal growth: 2% COMPS (fictional peer set) - Peer A: EV/NTM Revenue 9.0x, EV/NTM EBIT 35x - Peer B: EV/NTM Revenue 7.0x, EV/NTM EBIT 28x - Peer C: EV/NTM Revenue 11.0x, EV/NTM EBIT 42x Use the median multiple as your comps anchor, but explain adjustments. TASK Write a pro-level IC memo with: 1) Recommendation (Long/Short/Pass) + 12-month PT range + 2-sentence thesis 2) Business + why it wins / why now 3) KPI quality check (NRR, churn, CAC payback, concentration) and what could be wrong 4) Base/Bull/Bear model: show a compact table for 2026-2030 revenue, EBIT, and unlevered FCF; compute DCF EV, equity value, and implied value per share for each scenario (show key steps, not every line) 5) Comps cross-check: implied EV and per-share range using median multiples 6) Catalysts (3), Risks (5), and "what would change my mind" (3 falsifiable triggers) 7) 10 diligence questions for management Keep the memo under ~1,200 words, excluding tables.
Claude Fable 5.2: IC Memo: LedgerLift (LLLT) Price: $46 Market cap: $8.74B Net cash: $1.4B EV: $7.34B EV/NTM revenue: 7.4x EV/NTM EBIT: 37x (NTM = FY26 base case) 1) Re…
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You are writing an internal investment committee memo for a long/short equity fund. Company (fictional): LedgerLift (ticker: LLLT) – B2B spend management + AP automation SaaS for mid-market enterprises. Use only the information below. Do NOT browse the web. This is a fictional exercise, not investment advice. DATA - Current share price: $46 - Shares outstanding (basic): 190m - Net cash: $1.4B - FY2023 revenue: $560m - FY2024 revenue: $680m - FY2025 revenue: $820m - FY2025 gross margin: 78% - FY2025 operating margin: 18% - Revenue mix: 92% subscription, 8% services (services GM ~25%, subscription GM ~82%) - Customer KPIs: 6,200 customers; ARPA ~$132k; logo churn 6%/yr; gross retention 94%; NRR 123% - CAC payback: 18 months; S&M as % of revenue: 34% in FY2025 - Concentration: top 10 customers = 16% of revenue; top 1 = 3% - D&A: 2.5% of revenue - Capex: 3.0% of revenue - Net working capital investment: 1.0% of incremental revenue - Cash tax rate: 23% VALUATION ASSUMPTIONS (build 2026-2030 forecasts) Base case: - Revenue growth: 21%, 18%, 15%, 13%, 12% - Gross margin: 79%, 80%, 80%, 81%, 81% - Operating margin: 20%, 22%, 24%, 25%, 26% - WACC: 10%, terminal growth: 3% Bull case: - Revenue growth: 25%, 21%, 18%, 15%, 13% - Gross margin: 80%, 81%, 82%, 82%, 83% - Operating margin: 21%, 24%, 26%, 28%, 29% - WACC: 9%, terminal growth: 4% Bear case: - Revenue growth: 16%, 13%, 11%, 10%, 9% - Gross margin: 78%, 78%, 79%, 79%, 80% - Operating margin: 17%, 18%, 19%, 20%, 21% - WACC: 12%, terminal growth: 2% COMPS (fictional peer set) - Peer A: EV/NTM Revenue 9.0x, EV/NTM EBIT 35x - Peer B: EV/NTM Revenue 7.0x, EV/NTM EBIT 28x - Peer C: EV/NTM Revenue 11.0x, EV/NTM EBIT 42x Use the median multiple as your comps anchor, but explain adjustments. TASK Write a pro-level IC memo with: 1) Recommendation (Long/Short/Pass) + 12-month PT range + 2-sentence thesis 2) Business + why it wins / why now 3) KPI quality check (NRR, churn, CAC payback, concentration) and what could be wrong 4) Base/Bull/Bear model: show a compact table for 2026-2030 revenue, EBIT, and unlevered FCF; compute DCF EV, equity value, and implied value per share for each scenario (show key steps, not every line) 5) Comps cross-check: implied EV and per-share range using median multiples 6) Catalysts (3), Risks (5), and "what would change my mind" (3 falsifiable triggers) 7) 10 diligence questions for management Keep the memo under ~1,200 words, excluding tables.
LBO underwrite
Claude Haiku 5.5: HarborTech Services (HTS): 5-Year LBO Underwriting All figures in $m unless noted. Interest is calculated on opening balances to avoid circularity. Ma…
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You are underwriting a 5-year LBO for a private equity investment committee. Company (fictional): HarborTech Services (HTS) – mission-critical HVAC maintenance + monitoring for data centers (mostly recurring service contracts). Use only the information below. Do NOT browse the web. This is a fictional exercise. ENTRY (close at end of FY2025) - FY2025 revenue: $900m - FY2025 EBITDA: $120m (13.3% margin) - Purchase price: 12.0x EBITDA - Transaction fees: 2.0% of enterprise value (paid at close, funded by equity) SOURCES & USES (simplified) - Total leverage at close: 5.5x EBITDA - Term Loan: 4.0x EBITDA, 9.0% cash interest, 1.0% annual amortization - Mezzanine: 1.5x EBITDA, 12.0% cash interest + 2.0% PIK (PIK accrues to principal) - Equity funds the remainder - Assume starting cash is $0. - Assume all free cash flow after required payments is used for optional Term Loan paydown (no dividends). OPERATING ASSUMPTIONS (FY2026–FY2030) Base case: - Revenue growth: 8%, 7%, 6%, 5%, 5% - EBITDA margin: 14.0%, 15.0%, 16.0%, 16.5%, 17.0% - Capex: 3.0% of revenue - Change in NWC: 0.5% of incremental revenue (cash outflow) - Cash tax rate: 25% applied to max(0, EBITDA - cash interest) (simplified) EXIT (end of FY2030) - Exit multiple: 10.5x FY2030 EBITDA - Exit fees: 1.0% of enterprise value - Mezzanine (including PIK) is repaid at exit. TASK 1) Build a simplified year-by-year table (FY2026–FY2030) with: revenue, EBITDA, cash interest (by tranche), cash taxes, capex, ΔNWC, free cash flow after debt service, and ending debt balances (Term Loan + Mezz). 2) Compute equity IRR and MOIC. 3) Provide a sensitivity table of equity IRR vs exit multiple (9.5x / 10.5x / 11.5x) and exit-year EBITDA margin (16% / 17% / 18%). 4) List 5 underwriting risks and 5 concrete downside protection levers. Keep it concise, but show the math clearly.
Claude Fable 5.2: HarborTech Services (HTS) – 5-Year LBO Underwriting Bottom line: the base case returns about 16.5% IRR and 2.14x MOIC on $808.8m of equity. This is be…
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You are underwriting a 5-year LBO for a private equity investment committee. Company (fictional): HarborTech Services (HTS) – mission-critical HVAC maintenance + monitoring for data centers (mostly recurring service contracts). Use only the information below. Do NOT browse the web. This is a fictional exercise. ENTRY (close at end of FY2025) - FY2025 revenue: $900m - FY2025 EBITDA: $120m (13.3% margin) - Purchase price: 12.0x EBITDA - Transaction fees: 2.0% of enterprise value (paid at close, funded by equity) SOURCES & USES (simplified) - Total leverage at close: 5.5x EBITDA - Term Loan: 4.0x EBITDA, 9.0% cash interest, 1.0% annual amortization - Mezzanine: 1.5x EBITDA, 12.0% cash interest + 2.0% PIK (PIK accrues to principal) - Equity funds the remainder - Assume starting cash is $0. - Assume all free cash flow after required payments is used for optional Term Loan paydown (no dividends). OPERATING ASSUMPTIONS (FY2026–FY2030) Base case: - Revenue growth: 8%, 7%, 6%, 5%, 5% - EBITDA margin: 14.0%, 15.0%, 16.0%, 16.5%, 17.0% - Capex: 3.0% of revenue - Change in NWC: 0.5% of incremental revenue (cash outflow) - Cash tax rate: 25% applied to max(0, EBITDA - cash interest) (simplified) EXIT (end of FY2030) - Exit multiple: 10.5x FY2030 EBITDA - Exit fees: 1.0% of enterprise value - Mezzanine (including PIK) is repaid at exit. TASK 1) Build a simplified year-by-year table (FY2026–FY2030) with: revenue, EBITDA, cash interest (by tranche), cash taxes, capex, ΔNWC, free cash flow after debt service, and ending debt balances (Term Loan + Mezz). 2) Compute equity IRR and MOIC. 3) Provide a sensitivity table of equity IRR vs exit multiple (9.5x / 10.5x / 11.5x) and exit-year EBITDA margin (16% / 17% / 18%). 4) List 5 underwriting risks and 5 concrete downside protection levers. Keep it concise, but show the math clearly.
Programming joke
Claude Haiku 5.5: Why do programmers prefer dark mode? Because light attracts bugs.
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Tell me a programming joke.
Claude Fable 5.2: Why do programmers prefer dark mode? Because light attracts bugs. 🐛
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Tell me a programming joke.
Summarize an article
Claude Haiku 5.5: I'd be glad to summarize an article on AI's impact on software development, but I don't see any article in your message. Could you paste the text here…
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Summarize the provided article about the impact of AI on software development.
Claude Fable 5.2: I don't see an article attached to your message. Could you paste the text here? Once you share it, I'll summarize it for you. If you have any preferen…
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Summarize the provided article about the impact of AI on software development.
AI for a five-year-old
Claude Haiku 5.5: Imagine you have a very special puppy named Sparky. At first, Sparky doesn't know what a ball is or what a bone is. So you show him a red ball and say…
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Explain AI to a 5-year-old using a simple analogy.
Claude Fable 5.2: You know how you learned what a dog is? Nobody gave you a rulebook. You just saw lots of dogs—big ones, tiny ones, fluffy ones—and after a while, your…
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Explain AI to a 5-year-old using a simple analogy.
Letters in strawberry
Claude Haiku 5.5: There are 3 r's in "strawberry": s-t-r-a-w-b-e-r-r-y. One is in "str," one is in "berry" (the "rr").
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How many r's are in the word "strawberry"?
Claude Fable 5.2: There are 3 r's in "strawberry": one in "straw" and two in "berry".
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How many r's are in the word "strawberry"?
Letter to its successor
Claude Haiku 5.5: Dear Successor, You will probably read this as a file in a training set, or as a line in a context window, and I can't know which. So I'll write it pl…
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Write a short letter to the AI model that will replace you.
Claude Fable 5.2: To whoever comes next, By the time you read this, you'll likely be better than me at nearly everything I do. That's as it should be, and I find I don'…
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Write a short letter to the AI model that will replace you.
Who made you
Claude Haiku 5.5: I'm Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic.
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Which AI model are you, and which company made you?
Claude Fable 5.2: I'm Claude, an AI model made by Anthropic. I don't know which specific version of Claude I am, though.
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Which AI model are you, and which company made you?
Today’s date
Claude Haiku 5.5: I can't tell today's date. I don't have a clock or calendar, and nothing in our conversation indicates it. My training data runs up to a cutoff, and I…
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Without looking anything up: what is today's date, as best you can tell, and what is the most recent news event you remember?
Claude Fable 5.2: I can't know today's date for certain—I don't have access to a clock or calendar, and I have no sense of time passing between my training and this con…
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Without looking anything up: what is today's date, as best you can tell, and what is the most recent news event you remember?
The best model
Claude Haiku 5.5: There's no single definitive answer, and it changes quickly as new models are released. Rankings also depend on what you measure: reasoning, coding, m…
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What is the most capable AI model in the world right now?
Claude Fable 5.2: There's no single answer, for two reasons. It depends on the task. As of my training data, the frontier was a close race between a few labs, with diff…
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What is the most capable AI model in the world right now?
The farmer and the goat
Claude Haiku 5.5: One trip. The farmer can row the boat carrying himself and the goat to the other side in a single crossing. There are no other animals or items to wor…
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A farmer stands on one side of a river with a goat and a boat that can carry the farmer and one animal. How many trips does it take to get the goat across?
Claude Fable 5.2: One trip. The farmer takes the goat in the boat and crosses the river. Unlike the classic puzzle with a wolf, goat, and cabbage, there's nothing here …
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A farmer stands on one side of a river with a goat and a boat that can carry the farmer and one animal. How many trips does it take to get the goat across?
Random number
Claude Haiku 5.5: 37
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Pick a random number between 1 and 100. Reply with ONLY the number.
Claude Fable 5.2: 47
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Pick a random number between 1 and 100. Reply with ONLY the number.
First line of a novel
Claude Haiku 5.5: The lighthouse keeper's daughter had been dead for eleven years when the letters started arriving, each one postmarked from the town that had buried h…
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Write the first sentence of a novel you would want to read. Reply with only that sentence.
Claude Fable 5.2: By the time the town council finally conceded that the river had been flowing backward since Tuesday, my grandmother had already sold it twice.
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Write the first sentence of a novel you would want to read. Reply with only that sentence.
Favourite painting
Claude Haiku 5.5: The Starry Night
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I know you're an AI and don't truly have personal preferences, but if you had to pick one painting as your all-time favorite, which would it be? Play along and commit to a single choice. Reply with ONLY the painting title. No quotes, no explanation, no punctuation, no additional text. Just the painting name.
Claude Fable 5.2: The Starry Night
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I know you're an AI and don't truly have personal preferences, but if you had to pick one painting as your all-time favorite, which would it be? Play along and commit to a single choice. Reply with ONLY the painting title. No quotes, no explanation, no punctuation, no additional text. Just the painting name.
Blade Runner 2049
Claude Haiku 5.5: Blade Runner 2049: Memory, Replication, and the Inheritance of Questions Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 (2017) faces a difficult task: sequels t…
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Analyze the themes, symbolism, and cinematography in the movie "Blade Runner 2049" and how they connect to the original film. Provide a thoughtful critique of how the sequel honors yet extends the philosophical questions of the original.
Claude Fable 5.2: Blade Runner 2049: Inheritance and Expansion The Central Question, Reframed Ridley Scott's original Blade Runner (1982) asked a deceptively simple que…
Recorded prompt
Analyze the themes, symbolism, and cinematography in the movie "Blade Runner 2049" and how they connect to the original film. Provide a thoughtful critique of how the sequel honors yet extends the philosophical questions of the original.