Claude is much funnier than Codex
Claude is much funnier than Codex
Some users dismissed OpenAI Codex as much worse than Claude at generating funny content and not worth including in the comparison.
More precisely, Claude Code with high reasoning settings + Opus 4.8 produces funnier content along these lines compared to Codex with GPT-5.5 and high reasoning settings. None of the Codex stuff was worth including in the survey, v. bad
Which of these is funniest? (survey in next tweet)
*Warning*: flashing lights in some videos
Or, "Codex is even less funny than Claude" depending on your perspective
More precisely, Claude Code with high reasoning settings + Opus 4.8 produces funnier content along these lines compared to Codex with GPT-5.5 and high reasoning settings. None of the Codex stuff was worth including in the survey, v. bad

@Miles_Brundage None of them are even remotely funny, I think it’s a good informal benchmark for when AGI getting closer. Your world knowledge and hypothetical reasoning within it to make something funny and original has to be high. Models can only be slightly less unfunny relative to each other

@jeffcafe_ Wherever you want to set the cutoff of funny vs. not funny, the point is, Codex is much worse
Claude is much funnier than Codex