Dev slams quantized Astra in Codex: overcorrects, lacks common sense, 'monkey's paw'
GainsdalfGwei · x · 2026-09-15
A developer complains that the nerfed/quantized version of GPT-6 Astra used in Codex behaves like a cursed monkey's paw of wishes: it constantly overcorrects, reinvents existing things its own way for no good reason, and completely lacks common sense — a stronger model deployed in a way that makes results worse.
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