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Anthropic's new Mythos-class AI, Claude Fable 5, compressed two months of human work into a single day for Stripe. This changes everything for AI in education.

In this episode:

• Anthropic's new Mythos-class AI, Claude Fable 5, achieved a 50-million-line codebase migration for Stripe in one day, a task estimated to take humans two months, signifying a major leap for AI in education.
• Effective teaching with AI requires fostering 'task imagination' in students, enabling them to define multi-day projects for AI and articulate clear quality criteria.
• AI assessment for educators should evolve to evaluate students' ability to direct and critically judge AI-generated work, rather than just their capacity to perform tasks themselves.
• Strict safety classifiers on Claude Fable 5, sometimes rerouting science queries, provide valuable, live examples for teaching AI literacy in schools about governance, ethics, and the dual-use dilemma.
• School leaders deploying AI for school operations must carefully examine usage-based pricing models for new AIs like Claude Fable 5 and review data retention policies (e.g., 30-day retention) against data protection obligations.

Chapters:

• 00:00 — Cold open & welcome
• 00:30 — Introducing Claude Fable 5: A Mythos-class AI and its impact on education
• 01:25 — Beyond benchmarks: Fable 5's leap in delegation and responsibility
• 02:30 — The missing skill: Preparing students for 'task imagination' with AI
• 03:45 — Real-world AI literacy: Dual-use dilemma and Fable 5's safety guardrails
• 05:00 — Teaching with AI: Ethics, judgment, and critical thinking with Fable 5
• 06:00 — Nuances for school leaders: Pricing and data retention for AI in education
• 07:30 — The future of AI assessment: Directing and judging work, not just doing it

What is Mythos-class AI and how does it change AI in education?
Mythos-class AI, exemplified by Anthropic's Claude Fable 5, can autonomously manage complex, multi-day projects, requiring educators to prepare students to 'delegate well' and develop 'task imagination' rather than just perform tasks themselves.

How can teachers use AI marking safely with advanced models like Fable 5?
While Fable 5's primary use isn't marking, its underlying principle of delegating responsibilities rather than discrete tasks means teachers should focus on designing comprehensive AI assessment for educators that evaluates students' ability to direct and judge AI work, while remaining vigilant about data retention policies.

What is 'task imagination' and why is it important for AI literacy in schools?
Task imagination is the ability to define a large, multi-day project for an AI, articulate precise quality criteria, and then evaluate its output; this skill is crucial for AI literacy in schools as advanced AIs like Claude Fable 5 demand clear, complex briefs to operate effectively.

Featuring: Dan Fitzpatrick, Anthropic, Claude Fable 5, Opus, Mythos-class, FrontierCode, Stripe, Felix Ryberg, Nate B. Jones.

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