Teknium Questions Why OpenAI Trains Models for Only One Specific Harness

Teknium · x · 2026-09-07

Teknium pushes back on OpenAI's harness-specific training, asking why models would be trained for a single workflow when orchestration patterns are in flux. He details Hermes' setup: subagents can't talk to each other, only submit final work to an orchestrator, with fresh context and skill references supplied per subagent.

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