Codex now predicts 1 in 4 user messages; researcher jokes hillclimbing into RSI
a_karvonen · x · 2026-10-10
Sharif Shameem reports Codex now accurately predicts about 1 in 4 user messages sent to it, with a top researcher describing its predictions as "terrifyingly accurate." Karvonen quips that hillclimbing on "predict the next user message" being how we get recursive self-improvement would be darkly funny — a wry note on how closely agents now model user intent.
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