A simple reading prompt reportedly makes Codex 5× better at reinforcement learning work
himanshustwts · x · 2026-07-29
A reply says that telling Codex to obsessively read Nathan Lambert makes it about 5× better at doing RL.
The point is a workflow tip, not a model benchmark: giving the coding agent a specific expert source as reading material can noticeably improve its performance on reinforcement-learning tasks.
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