Codex builds a digit recognizer with no training, scoring 95.1%
GenJeppo · reddit · 2026-11-10
A Redditor had Codex build an MNIST digit recognizer using fixed weights and hand-written rules—no training at all—and it correctly classified 1,709 of 1,797 test images (95.1%). The digit 8 was the hardest, with 30 misclassifications.
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