Red Lights, AI Models & Cider

AI image creation of the blog post via Opus 4.8 on Anthropic.As I sat at a red light waiting for it to turn green, I noticed the opposing traffic get their yellow light and I was excited for my turn to come. Like most repeated drives home you'll pretty quickly identify the worst lights on your journey. The very first light I hit on the way home is the longest light I'll sit commonly sit at.When my turn comes I normally lose the first few seconds of the light every single time to people running a red. This light is smart so when cars don't move from the direction I'm sitting - our cycle is very short. So this week when 1 car, then 2 cars and then a 3rd car ran their red I smashed my horn down for a good solid few seconds. 0:00 /0:22 1× Video of the "red light" incident. Now once I could re-watch the tape an eager eye would probably notice the cars inching closer into the intersection in their turn lane. However, at the moment my light turns green the 3rd car has not yet passed the…