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I took a ride in the hype train at first, but no, not AGI

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Spent the $200 within 8 hours on Astra. At first I was blown away, but checked things more thoroughly the next day, and a lot of the stuff it build wasn’t working. Actually 3 of the 4 things I asked Astra to do didn’t work. Quite disappointed. The demos focus mostly on 3D, Blender and games, but fo…

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  1. 2026-09-07 11:03 · r/AI_Agents
    I took a ride in the hype train at first, but no, not AGI
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    I took a ride in the hype train at first, but no, not AGI

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