Ambrosino: Current AI models increase codebase complexity rather than simplifying it
Andrew Ambrosino · Why OpenAI is merging Codex and ChatGPT and the future of knowledge work | Andrew Ambrosino · Jun 28, 2026 · at 40:54
Andrew Ambrosino, who leads Codex desktop development at OpenAI, discusses the limitations of autonomous code generation.
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“One thing that I think all models suffer with right now is just, they usually increase complexity. If research is listening at any company, please make the models better at deleting code.”
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