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Sam Altman: GPT 5.5 an average math professor. 5.6 top one or two percentile. Astra a little bit better. Internal model can do things that the best mathematicians in the world cannot.

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"GPT 5.5 was maybe as good as like an average math professor. 5.6 was as good as like a maybe top one or two percentile math professor. Astra was a little bit better than that. And then this internal model past Astra is one that can do things that the best mathematicians in the world cannot." Full…

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  1. 2026-09-16 12:43 · r/singularity
    Sam Altman: GPT 5.5 an average math professor. 5.6 top one or two percentile. Astra a little bit better. Internal model can do things that the best mathematicians in the world cannot.

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