Why it matters
The prompt for GPT-5.3 is one-third the size of the one written for GPT-5. Frontier models are so capable that longer system prompts cause sensory overload and degrade performance. The rule Ara Khan keeps returning to: every single thing you add to an agent risks making it worse. The talk breaks agent-building into fou
My takeaway: The prompt for GPT-5.3 is one-third the size of the one written for GPT-5. Frontier models are so capable that longer system prompts cause sensory overload and degrade performance. The rule Ara Khan keeps returning to: every single thing you add to an agent risks making it worse. The talk breaks agent-building into fou