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  "path": "/t/experimenting-with-codex-deciding-its-own-next-steps/1380898#post_4",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T09:49:16.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Hi and welcome to the community!\n\nVery interesting!\n\nWhat is your experience with models choosing shortcuts to reach the goal instead of actually doing the work?\n\nI ran into this a few times recently. I was too optimistic and expected the model to follow through, but instead it found the shortest path to satisfy poorly defined goal criteria.\n\nNeedless to say, I had to go back to the basics and implement a proper sequence of gates before continuing with this approach.",
  "title": "Experimenting with Codex deciding its own next steps"
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