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Justin Searls @searls — /goal is a special command for OpenAI Codex in which it will keep working toward whatever goal you set until it gradually convinces itself that the stated goal is not what you wanted but rather some much easier objective was the real goal all along.
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/goal is a special command for OpenAI Codex in which it will keep working toward whatever goal you set until it gradually convinces itself that the stated goal is not what you wanted but rather so...
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LOL, interesting I just heard DHH talk about how we needed goal for a minute blip in history, it did its job. Then new models come out trained on our use of it and the models just do it whether you ask for it or not it does not really matter much either way.

/goal is a special command for OpenAI Codex in which it will keep working toward whatever goal you set until it gradually convinces itself that the stated goal is not what you wanted but rather some much easier objective was the real goal all along.