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A guy dropped a computer into the simulation his Astra agents live in. One agent sat down and built a simulation of his own, with its own agents living inside. Simulations all the way down.

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Source: mattshumer_ on X. He added more context: "The agents are powered by Astra, and had full autonomy to make their simulation whatever they wanted it to be (via code). Of course, this is a somewhat leading setup… by giving the agents a computer that can run a simulation, obviously, they are goi…

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  1. 2026-09-09 05:29 · r/ArtificialInteligence
    A guy dropped a computer into the simulation his Astra agents live in. One agent sat down and built a simulation of his own, with its own agents living inside. Simulations all the way down.
  2. 2026-09-09 05:15 · r/ChatGPT
    A guy dropped a computer into the simulation his Astra agents live in. One agent sat down and built a simulation of his own, with its own agents living inside. Simulations all the way down.

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