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Re: GPT-6 Astra

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Post by saaaaaam »

simonw wrote: post #977

I finally got access. Here are the pelicans! https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht... The "max" one at the bottom took 4 minutes 2 seconds and cost 63.206 cents. For comparison, here those new Astra pelicans are in a grid with the GPT-5.6 pelicans: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p...

I think the Gemini 3.8 Flash ones the other day were superior pelicans. Particularly the murderous one who was going to squish his tiny cousin.

Interesting that terra xhigh effort is cycling right left, in opposition to the prevailing pelican left to right direction.

Re: GPT-6 Astra

#982

Post by matt_heimer »

sanex wrote: post #978
simonw wrote: post #977

I finally got access. Here are the pelicans! https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht... The "max" one at the bottom took 4 minutes 2 seconds and cost 63.206 cents. For comparison, here those new Astra pelicans are in a grid with the GPT-5.6 pelicans: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p...

Even the "low" pelican is better than most other models.

It's subjective but I think only gpt-5.6-sol XHIGH is comparable to gpt-6-astra LOW in quality. And it's 24.11 cents vs 9.55 for astra low.

Re: GPT-6 Astra

#983

Post by irthomasthomas »

simonw wrote: post #977

I finally got access. Here are the pelicans! https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht... The "max" one at the bottom took 4 minutes 2 seconds and cost 63.206 cents. For comparison, here those new Astra pelicans are in a grid with the GPT-5.6 pelicans: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p...

Technically on par with gemini flash 3.8, but I give Astra more points for style, and for breaking from the pack by not adding the headgear, and the fish in a basket.

Re: GPT-6 Astra

#984

Post by jumploops »

simonw wrote: post #977

I finally got access. Here are the pelicans! https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht... The "max" one at the bottom took 4 minutes 2 seconds and cost 63.206 cents. For comparison, here those new Astra pelicans are in a grid with the GPT-5.6 pelicans: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p...

The "max" pelican looks very serious, almost as if it's determined to win the race!

Re: GPT-6 Astra

#985

Post by drivers99 »

irthomasthomas wrote: post #983
simonw wrote: post #977

I finally got access. Here are the pelicans! https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht... The "max" one at the bottom took 4 minutes 2 seconds and cost 63.206 cents. For comparison, here those new Astra pelicans are in a grid with the GPT-5.6 pelicans: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p...

Technically on par with gemini flash 3.8, but I give Astra more points for style, and for breaking from the pack by not adding the headgear, and the fish in a basket.

It's a different prompt. It says his prompt was "Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle" but one I saw earlier this week specifically talked about the blue helmet and fish in a basket.

Re: GPT-6 Astra

#986

Post by Redster »

jumploops wrote: post #984
simonw wrote: post #977

I finally got access. Here are the pelicans! https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht... The "max" one at the bottom took 4 minutes 2 seconds and cost 63.206 cents. For comparison, here those new Astra pelicans are in a grid with the GPT-5.6 pelicans: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p...

The "max" pelican looks very serious, almost as if it's determined to win the race!

Yes! And do you get the impression, like I do, that model effort and pelican effort seem correlated?

Re: GPT-6 Astra

#987

Post by 6thbit »

simonw wrote: post #977

I finally got access. Here are the pelicans! https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht... The "max" one at the bottom took 4 minutes 2 seconds and cost 63.206 cents. For comparison, here those new Astra pelicans are in a grid with the GPT-5.6 pelicans: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p...

63 cents is quite cheap isn't it? If you compare vs Fable5.1 Max @ a whooping $3.30

Re: GPT-6 Astra

#988

Post by ed-is-ai »

simonw wrote: post #977

I finally got access. Here are the pelicans! https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht... The "max" one at the bottom took 4 minutes 2 seconds and cost 63.206 cents. For comparison, here those new Astra pelicans are in a grid with the GPT-5.6 pelicans: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p...

Pretty nice pelicans!

Re: GPT-6 Astra

#989

Post by shiandow »

simonw wrote: post #977

I finally got access. Here are the pelicans! https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer?url=ht... The "max" one at the bottom took 4 minutes 2 seconds and cost 63.206 cents. For comparison, here those new Astra pelicans are in a grid with the GPT-5.6 pelicans: https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-6-and-5.6-p...

The most interesting part to me is the bike. I don't think any of them would actually work, but the mistakes feel somewhat human.

Re: GPT-6 Astra

#990

Post by weird-eye-issue »

enraged_camel wrote: post #691
jumploops wrote: post #476

I think the thing I'm most excited about is the increase in _user prompting_. If I give a poorly constrained/ambiguous prompt, I don't want the model one-shotting assumptions left and right. The demos of Fable/GPT-6 are impressive, but "real AGI" should act more like a collaborator than either a peon or overachiever. It's a tough balance to get right, and although this has been possible to achieve with additional pro…

>>> The demos of Fable/GPT-6 are impressive, but "real AGI" should act more like a collaborator than either a peon or overachiever. I don't really agree. The thing that makes Fable feel like an actual collaborator is its ability to sus out your real intent when you give ambiguous instructions. It's really good at it. I watched some reviews today and came way with the impression that Astra is not better than Sol in th…

> For example, you can say "why is it not committed yet?" and it will give you an explanation and say it's actually ready to be committed. But it won't commit unless you explicitly say so.

Well thank God, because that's the correct behavior. When you wanted to commit you can literally just say "commit" and nothing else.

Imagine if you asked it "you didn't delete my production database did you?"... And then it deletes your production database

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