THIS Is the AI Setting Everyone Gets Wrong

Master Agentic Workflows: https://www.skool.com/earlyaidopters/... Get the effort decoder FREE: https://markkashef.gumroad.com/l/effo... Work With Us: https://www.promptadvisers.com Every month a new model family drops, and every one ships with an effort dial. GPT 5.6 alone gives you six levels across three tiers, which is 18 possible combinations for a single task. Most people treat that dial like a slot machine and assume more effort means a smarter model. It doesn't. In this video I break down what effort actually is, why maxing it out can quietly backfire, and the framework I use to reverse engineer the right level for any model, even ones that haven't come out yet. To prove it, I ran the identical prompt across 12 effort levels on Claude Code and Codex and walk through every result side by side. The differences will surprise you. By the end you'll know when low is more than enough, when high actually earns its tokens, and why max, ultra, and extra high are almost never the answer. --- 0:00 - the effort trap 1:02 - the slot machine habit 2:07 - what level to use when (short version) 3:11 - when high effort backfires 4:00 - pick the model first, then the effort 5:23 - the brain in a jar (harnesses) 6:37 - why effort levels differ across providers 7:18 - every effort level, visually 9:04 - the experiment, 12 runs, one prompt 10:33 - claude code results, low to max 11:46 - codex results, low to max 14:01 - the framework for any new model 15:37 - the free effort decoder guide #ai #claudecode #codex #claude #anthropic #openai #gpt56 #aitools #aiagents #promptengineering #aiproductivity #llm #vibecoding #aiforbusiness #sol #terra