This is spot on. A collaborator is exactly what real AGI is. It will figure out the perfect questions to ask, in the perfect order, by intelligently assessing the entire solution and problem space upfront, so when you leave it to go off on its own it isn't making stupid decisions for you.
They really need to make this work in Codex. Claude Code has had a multi-select refinement tool since forever.
> They really need to make this work in Codex. Claude Code has had a multi-select refinement tool since forever.
I think this already exists in Codex? If you use "/plan" and something is unclear or ambiguous, Codex will ask you and present choices, and let you enter your own custom answer. Then it'll iterate like this until the plan is clear and ambiguous. Isn't this what you're talking about? If so, it has existed for a long time in Codex.
Overall I agree with you though, all the models currently don't have the right hunches nor the right approach about when things are clear enough or not.
They really need to make this work in Codex. Claude Code has had a multi-select refinement tool since forever.