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Altman says asking Codex for ideas made him feel useless

development2026-02-03

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Sam Altman said asking Codex for ideas made him feel a little useless and sad, while an OpenAI vice president reported feeling anxious in meetings without a prompt running.

Reporting date: 2026-02-03 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to February 3, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Coding assistants lower library mastery by 17%

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Altman says asking Codex for ideas made him feel useless
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-02-03
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-03-altman-felt-useless
Claim: Sam Altman said asking Codex for ideas made him feel a little useless and sad, while an OpenAI vice president reported feeling anxious in meetings without a prompt running.
Attributed sources:
- Welcome to February 3, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-february-3-2026
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