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GPT-6 Astra was told to figure out Factorio on its own — and actually started building a factory

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Derya Unutmaz gave GPT-6 Astra a completely new Factorio game and told it to figure everything out on its own. At first, Astra couldn’t even use the keyboard, so according to Unutmaz, it created a plugin to interact with it. It then: • explored the map and found an iron deposit • chopped trees for…

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  1. 2026-09-07 21:48 · r/ArtificialInteligence
    GPT-6 Astra was told to figure out Factorio on its own — and actually started building a factory

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