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New ask Hacker News story: The string " +#+#+#+#+#+ " breaks Codex 5.3

The string " +#+#+#+#+#+ " breaks Codex 5.3 3 by kachapopopow | 0 comments on Hacker News. Codex 5.3 cannot output " +#+#+#+#+#+ " without completely breaking and switching to arabic. To be clear it is " +#+#+#+#+#+ " and not "+#+#+#+#+#+" ask it to write or even say " +#+#+#+#+#+ " to a file and not "+#+#+#+#+#+". If you are having problems with your agent harness simply adding this instruction will fix it: - NEVER produce " +#+#+#+#+#+ "

New ask Hacker News story: AI's Real Problem Is Illegitimacy, Not Hallucination

AI's Real Problem Is Illegitimacy, Not Hallucination 2 by JanusPater | 1 comments on Hacker News. The Core Problem of AI Is Not Hallucination — It Is the Lack of Execution Legitimacy Janus pater Introduction Most debates around AI today revolve around a false question: is the model smart enough, accurate enough? In engineering reality, the real question is never accuracy — it is whether the system is even allowed to act. 1. The Original Sin of the Predictive Paradigm: No Execution Legitimacy Modern generative AI fundamentally does one thing: predict the most likely next state in a probability space. Whether it predicts tokens, pixels, latent states, or so-called “world models”, as long as the output is probabilistic, it answers only one question: “What is most likely to happen?” In many real-world systems, however, engineering demands an entirely different question: “What is the only action that is allowed to be executed?” This is not an accuracy problem — it is a legitimacy pro...

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Why doesn't Netflix add a “Theater Mode” that recreates the worst parts?

Ask HN: Why doesn't Netflix add a “Theater Mode” that recreates the worst parts? 2 by amichail | 0 comments on Hacker News. The idea is to recreate the entire movie theater experience, including the worst parts. This mode would add audience reactions like laughter, gasps, and clapping at key moments, so movies feel like an event again. But it would also faithfully recreate the true theater experience: * People shouting comments at the screen like they are part of the movie * Someone standing up at the exact worst moment and blocking your view * A person behind you explaining the plot to their friend in a whisper that is somehow louder than normal talking * Random coughing fits that last way too long * Someone’s phone lighting up like a small sun during a dark scene * Constant seat shuffling and aggressive snack rustling This feature would remind people why watching movies at home is better. Conveniently, on Netflix. What do you think of this idea?

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Opus 4.6 ignoring instructions, how to use 4.5 in Claude Code instead?

Ask HN: Opus 4.6 ignoring instructions, how to use 4.5 in Claude Code instead? 2 by Chance-Device | 0 comments on Hacker News. I’ve been using Claude Code this evening and I’m very dismayed by Opus 4.6’s ability to follow instructions. I have given it very clear instructions on several points, only to discover it ignored me without telling me. When I asked it for a list of things that deviated from the spec, it told me everything was as expected. Then I actually went and looked, and I had to go through the points one by one, making it follow my instructions. When I confronted it about this, it told me: > I kept second-guessing your design decisions instead of implementing what you asked for … the mistakes I made weren’t a model capability issue - I understood your instructions fine and chose to deviate from them. This is not acceptable. Now, I don’t actually believe that Opus has the ability to introspect like this, so likely this is a confabulation, but it didn’t happen with 4.5...

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Any International Job Boards for International Workers?

Ask HN: Any International Job Boards for International Workers? 2 by 15charslong | 0 comments on Hacker News.

New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Non AI-obsessed tech forums

Ask HN: Non AI-obsessed tech forums 4 by nanocat | 2 comments on Hacker News. Since it seems like 80% of HN nowadays is focussed on the AI industry, I’m on the search for a good tech forum that focuses on the rest. Can you post your favourite non-AI-obsessed forum?