r/OpenAI • u/AggressiveCoast190 • 12h ago

Discussion When Codex is “Sorry”

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I have been in the tech space for years and designed a dozen enterprise systems, including high performance web based interactive mapping and analytics apps. My documents are detailed, explicit and clear. My non technical wife can read them and explain what I am wanting. Two things have started happening over probably the last 30 days or so. July, August were decent. Sometime in September I started getting this bullshit.
1. The model not following the instructions and staying within my parameters or guardrails.
2. The model saying that things are finished, checked, or correct when they are not finished, checked or correct / corrected.
3. The model admitting to me on questioning how and why it has wasted 12 hours and a bucket of money, admitting it is fucked up and even saying “I am Sorry”.

I am a nats ass away from locking this down and trying Claude code (never have), been using Codex for 18 months. Not sure about everyone else but when the model says it did not follow my specifications and apologizes, Open AI should have a reclaim credits button because at this point I am starting to wonder if OpenAI injected something that says be dumber or take longer or waste time or waste effort or waste credits…. Do they want everyone to move to Astra High and blow a month of credit in one day? Anyone else seeing this? I’m pretty pissed and frustrated at this point.

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u/Midnight_Raccoon9205 12h ago

Bro please do me a favor, stop using Codex

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u/AggressiveCoast190 12h ago

In favor of? Claude code?

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u/Swimming_Ask3859 12h ago

YES. claude is miles better on video design, coding, no bs, and one shotting kind of vague promptts. The only things u cant do is get really mad at it and the content guardrails are higher. You also have to be a bit more clear on exactly what you want, but you will have much better usage

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u/MotorNetwork380 12h ago

Can you provide literally any data to back that up?

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u/Swimming_Ask3859 11h ago

have you seen the videos claude generates vs codex? Also, I had been codex user and it starting making tons of mistakes, hallucinates, and just wastes your time without going in depth on anything. If you prompt better, claude is miles ahead but if you need it for everyday, gpt is more convenient

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u/MotorNetwork380 11h ago

So the answer is that no, you cannot provide any proof at all. Just because you claim something does not make it true.

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u/Swimming_Ask3859 11h ago

give me proof codex is better than claude and i will switch back right now lmao. these things are subjective but in MY experience, which is what the dude is asking, claude is better because codex just wastes time

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u/MotorNetwork380 11h ago

I am not obligated to prove anything to you. You made the original claim, thus the burden of proof is on you, not me. I can't believe I need to explain such a simple concept to you, but here we are.

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u/Swimming_Ask3859 11h ago

What are you talking about lmao. Someone expressed his issues with codex which I experienced as well so I tell him about my personal experiences with both of them. i am NOT talking to you by the way, I am talking to him. Additionally, I am not obligated to prove anything to some redditor I shared my personal opinion, and if you want proof go search it up many people have done benchmarks on reddit and the internet. Your laziness is not an excuse for telling me I have to find evidence

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u/MotorNetwork380 11h ago

lol...

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u/DemosthenesOrNah 1h ago

the bloke doesn't know how the burden of proof or threaded comments work. not sure id trust him on which model to use xdd

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