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Peter Steinberger: evaluation

12 Feb 2026 Lex Fridman Podcast #491 – OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet – Peter Steinberger

“There’s so many people that come from Claude Code and they’re so, so Claude-pilled and, like, have their workflows and they come to Codex and… Now, it has plan mode, I think, but I don’t think it’s necessary because you just- you just talk to the agent.”

— Peter Steinberger

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Peter Steinberger
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evaluation
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12 Feb 2026
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Lex Fridman Podcast

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…Yeah … and then get, like, a super weird something that does not exist and then just, like… They’re problem solvers so they try really hard and always feel bad. So it’s always Codex and, like, a little bit of actual terminal. Also helpful because I don’t use work trees. I like to keep things simple, that’s why- that’s why I like the terminal so much, right? There’s no UI. It’s just me and the agent having a conversation. Like, I don’t even need plan mode, you know? There’s so many people that come from Claude Code and they’re so, so Claude-pilled and, like, have their workflows and they come to Codex and… Now, it has plan mode, I think, but I don’t think it’s necessary because you just- you just talk to the agent. And when it’s… when you… there’s a few trigger words how you can prevent it from building. You’re like, “Discuss, give me options.” Mm-hmm.…

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