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claim:some-failures-may-reflect-prompt-design-rather-than-model-limitations-though-code-agents-avoid-errors-without-promptsSome failures may reflect prompt design rather than model limitations, though code agents avoid errors without prompts
noted as a possible confound
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extracted_from(2026) · Robert Müller · Clemens Müller
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- Claim about engineering constraint reinforcing the theoretical no-order result
- Key consequence: GPT's power comes from simulating something contingent.