Monday, February 2, 2026
Claude Code Degradation
Users are observing a recent and noticeable decline in the intelligence and performance of Claude Code, speculating about potential model updates or rollouts.
"I bet he's thinking about Claude Code again" ... "If humanity collectively lost 20 IQ points, there'd be no way for us to tell, since the average IQ would stay the same...we'd literally be too stupid to see it...we'd say things like 'the world is more complex now'... old books
Huh? Claude Codeβs dumbassery is getting worse lately. Is a new model coming out or something???
Claude Code seems to have become super-dumb in the last hour or so, which can only mean one thing... Sonnet 5 rollout in progress? we will see............