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Is Codex Actually Autonomous, or Are You Just a Better Prompt Writer Now?

This story is from 2026-10-19. It is preserved in the archive; the latest stories are on the live feed.

This debate surfaced in Chinese AI developer communities this week, and it cuts straight to something the English-language hype machine keeps glossing over. A non-technical user posted about trying Codex after seeing dozens of "this tool changed everything" videos. She hit connection errors, got ha…

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  1. 2026-10-19 08:34 · DEV Community — AI
    Is Codex Actually Autonomous, or Are You Just a Better Prompt Writer Now?

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