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GPT-6 Astra crushes Pokemon, Factorio, and Fallout 3 then spirals into Minecraft potato farming after one bad Creeper

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OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra shows a sharp jump in video games. Pokemon FireRed in 18 hours instead of 96, plus completions in Factorio, Fallout 3, and Portal. Why? The model distills experience into compact rules. But that same trait led to hours of potato farming instead of progress in Minecraft after a…

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  1. 2026-09-17 14:42 · The Decoder
    GPT-6 Astra crushes Pokemon, Factorio, and Fallout 3 then spirals into Minecraft potato farming after one bad Creeper

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