GPT-6-Astra Can Do Ambitious Things

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Astra is an excellent model. The jump from Sol to Astra is larger than the jump from Fable 5 to Fable 5.1. This is a big deal. Astra is the best model for what one would broadly call ‘ambitious projects,’ and likely has the highest raw intelligence factor of any model. These are the largest jumps. It is amazing at doing things in 3D, or anything involving games. Astra also excels at computer use, and at subagent coordination. Many benchmarks show dramatic jumps from all previous models. Where Astra is good, it can be in a league of its own. That does not mean Astra is in its own league across the board. Fable 5.1 is still a Claude. Astra is still a GPT. If you have a strong preference for one over the other, that still applies. For many purposes, especially involving back-and-forth discussions, Fable 5.1 is still my top choice. Fable remains my primary editor. If you want the best answer to your questions, you should ask both models. Regular coding is getting less of a focus. Astra is not a quantum leap there, but of course it is very good and makes progress over Sol. This is the first time a debate over whether a model ‘was AGI’ felt non-silly. I do not think it is AGI, and I woul