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12 Feb 2026 Lex Fridman Podcast #491 – OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet – Peter Steinberger
“I mean, ultimately, if you’re a skilled driver, you can get good results with any of those latest gen models. Um, I like Codex more because it doesn’t require so much charade.”
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- Peter Steinberger
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- Claim type
- recommendation
- Recorded
- 12 Feb 2026
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…This all feels very accurate. I mean, ultimately, if you’re a skilled driver, you can get good results with any of those latest gen models. Um, I like Codex more because it doesn’t require so much charade. It will just, it will just read a lot of code by default. Opus, you really have to, like, you have to have plan mode. You have to push it harder to, like, go in these directions because it’s, it’s just like, like, “Yeah, can I go in? Can I go in?” You know? Yeah.…
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