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The speaker thinks most design choices in Cloud Code, Codex, Pi, and Prime Agent harnesses are the same, although Prime Agent may differ somewhat because it is inherently an RLM.
Alex Zhang · Academia is for Ambition — Alex Zhang, MIT · 2 Oct 2026
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“i have been a little unsatisfied maybe with with how people think about harnesses because people compare like oh like i love cloud code i love codex i love pi like no i love oh my pi i love prime agent to be honest i think all of them are the same most of the design decisions or like design choices around these harnesses are the same maybe prime agent is a little bit different because it's like inherently an rlm”Play from 31:04Report a misattribution
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