I think most people are sleeping on the ChatGPT Work/Codex computer use feature. It's incredibly useful. I can remote in from the app, voice it instructions, then let it work in the background. When I tell it "draft a reply to this email (which it has access to thru the gmail connector) and attach the latest docs" or "fill out this multistep immigration electronic travel authorisation form using my passport files saved in the folder", it just asks for the relevant info and handles the rest. It opens its internal web browser and programmatically fills out the forms.

It gets the task done in 5-10 minutes. It's it bit slow since I'm not paying extra for ultrafast mode, but it gets the job done. Frees up the brain to do other tasks.

It's exactly like vibe coding but for computer tasks.

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bredren 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I am not sure I understand how this is better from using Claude Code from the mobile app.

Or Codex from the ChatGPT app.

If you have supplied tooling on your system, you have access to all of this and more.

I think the idea is most people don’t have a machine up and available, nor maintain skills for interacting with their core services?

One thing that keeps me from adopting codex more deeply is the architecture around mobile access.

Claude Code makes this trivial /rc and you are done.

Codex requires you run the desktop app and additional authentication requirements. The result of this has been codex is almost always relegated to fleet worker rather than orchestrator.

I wonder if the emphasis on this work feature has something to do w the persistent hurdles to remote control if codex sessions.

	▲	manmal an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Codex with computer use, yes. GP mentioned it. > Codex requires you run the desktop app and additional authentication requirements. The result of this has been codex is almost always relegated to fleet worker rather than orchestrator. I’m often using my MBP but also the Mac Studio remotely via the mobile app. What’s missing in your mind?

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wpasc 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

agreed on the notion that

> people are sleeping on the ChatGPT Work/Codex

just in general. I find it to be far superior (imo) for all tasks atm. Claude just overdoes things in writing, coding, architecture, etc

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ValentineC 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> "fill out this multistep immigration electronic travel authorisation form using my passport files saved in the folder"

It's both awesome and scary at the same time to realising that most AI these days can work on something like this that's official and tedious, and probably not screw up too much (or do better at it than some people with fat fingers).

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manmal an hour ago | parent | next [-]

They are better at many things I‘m a novice at. At least at the operational level. I can’t rely on the semantics being fully correct because they tend to get subtle things wrong or just don’t ask. Like tax forms - not a good idea to put them on full auto. You‘ll leave money on the table.

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alansaber 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Less bureaucracy should be the focus of AI marketing, rather than global superintelligent robots or smut generation

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bushbaba 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Bureaucracy is a major part of many corporate leader’s roles. That might not be the best sales line

	▲	qsera 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And that is exactly why AI marketing touts ability to replace programmers, when in reality it is much better suited to replace middle management between client and programmers...

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cwmoore 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Lets just not redo subscription gods

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alansaber 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Maybe for the occasional something. If I had an actual workflow i'd prefer a dedicated tool over the newest chatgpt "do everything" app.

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notfromhere 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sol Light on computer use is fantastic. I use it whenever I need to dive deep into whatever shitty web saas app menu if the API is unavailable