Anthropic's model naming, extrapolated

Satirical extrapolation of Anthropic's literary naming scheme for Claude models as they grow larger and more complex.

The piece humorously extends Anthropic's pattern of naming Claude models after poetic forms (Haiku, Sonnet, Opus) into increasingly absurd literary and narrative references. Larger models are characterized with longer forms: Mythos becomes a scary Opus variant, Fable describes it until the question matters, Fable (xhigh) is labeled a "bankruptcy speedrun," and Saga adds meandering commentary. Further down the scale are increasingly meta constructs like Cinematic Universe with its Lore dispatch layer, Overwhelmingly Large Narrative Unit requiring a "previously on" segment, and Omnibus with continuous fine-tuning. The progression shifts from manageable literary structures to elaborate, self-aware fictional universes.