This is great! It can finally substitute the entire upper management!
Their job is easier to automate than an engineer's or any creative's, and considering their salary it's a lot more gain for any company!
GPT-6 Astra
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Re: GPT-6 Astra
#972I 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...
Re: GPT-6 Astra
#973I 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.
Re: GPT-6 Astra
#974I 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...
Interesting that the composition is stable across different runs. There is much more variety in other models.
Re: GPT-6 Astra
#975I 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...
Interesting that the composition is stable across different runs. There is much more variety in other models.
Especially interesting that once Astra gets to high, xhigh, max it uses the same aesthetic.
Re: GPT-6 Astra
#976I 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
#977I 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
#978I 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
#979I 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
#980I 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.