{"id":608307,"date":"2026-09-07T05:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T05:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/608307\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T05:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T05:04:13","slug":"gpt-6-astra-and-the-fourth-exponential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/608307\/","title":{"rendered":"GPT-6 Astra and the Fourth Exponential"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A reminder that I\u2019m on vacation this week, but the flood of impressions people have posted online over the past few days as they gained access to OpenAI\u2019s GPT-6 Astra, seems like an important moment to briefly cover.<\/p>\n

GPT-6 is likely to go down as a big milestone in AI development.<\/p>\n

OpenAI made Astra a full point release to version 6 for good reason. After reading hundreds of posts from credible, reputable developers and AI experts I follow, it\u2019s clear the model is strong at coding and other typical model work.<\/p>\n

\u201cPutting benchmarks aside, I deal in financial data and can tell you Astra devastates Fable,\u201d said Houman Dehesh, founder of Helion Capital, adding that he believes the model must have been trained on a large amount of enterprise data.<\/p>\n

But what\u2019s really impressing people is Astra\u2019s ability to handle vision and computer use. OpenAI made computer use the centerpiece of its Astra marketing video, which is worth watching here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cComputer use is a particularly important part of what\u2019s new. I think that it has crossed the qualitative threshold. And the fact that it is now, you\u2019ve gone from this slow, painful to watch thing to something that\u2019s actually very accurate, efficient, and reliable. So Astra can really do anything a human can do with a computer without an API.\u201d \u2014 OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman said in an Astra press briefing.<\/p>\n

The last time I tried computer use, where the AI model takes control of the screen to navigate the web and operate software on the user\u2019s behalf, was a year ago, with the release of ChatGPT Atlas. Back then, it was too slow and clumsy. I was eager to see how far OpenAI has come since.<\/p>\n

I tested Astra over the weekend. It handled the basic financial spreadsheet tasks I need with ease, but I was more interested in whether it lived up to the computer use hype. <\/p>\n

I had never used the 3D program Blender before, so I downloaded it onto a spare Mac laptop and asked Astra to build me a detailed model of the Space Shuttle. I watched as it researched the topic online, wrote its own scripts, and started operating Blender on its own.<\/p>\n

Watching it take over the program felt like magic. A glimpse of the future. Within 10 minutes, I had a beautiful, detailed 3D model of the shuttle that I could zoom in and out of and rotate.<\/p>\n

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With the release of GPT-6 Astra, computer tool use AI has finally become real. I am confident now that AI will soon be able to perform actual software knowledge work tasks better and faster than most humans, and its competence is only going to accelerate rapidly from here.<\/p>\n

Computer use will still requires human taste and steering, but it should enable incredible innovation, rapid iteration and experimentation, and real gains in efficiency and productivity.<\/p>\n

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I also predict the use of AI models for computer use and knowledge management tasks will follow the same trajectory as agentic coding.<\/p>\n

Here is a clue of the future path. On Sunday, OpenAI said<\/a> in a blog post that the median researcher at the company used a negligible amount of coding agents at the start of this year, but by mid-August they had integrated agents into their workflow to the tune of more than $600 worth of tokens per day.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAt the start of this year, the median researcher ranked by agent usage at OpenAI was using coding agents only in modest amounts. By mid-August, the median researcher was integrating agents daily into their work, using more than $600 per day of inference at API prices. The 90th percentile user in our research organization now uses more than $7,000 of tokens per day.\u201d – OpenAI<\/p>\n

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As computer tool use rises, AI compute demand will explode just as it did when agentic coding took off, when reasoning models ramped, and when AI chatbots were first released.<\/p>\n

Computer use is going to be the FOURTH exponential demand wave in FOUR years (chatbots \u2192 reasoning \u2192 agentic coding \u2192 agentic computer tool use). As AI compute demand goes exponential again from this fourth wave, demand for AI semiconductors is likely to surge with it (CPUs, HBM memory, and GPUs) just like the last three times.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll say it again. We\u2019re still in the early innings of the AI mega-trend. Yes, we\u2019re just getting started.<\/p>\n

Take a look at some of the other Astra demonstrations online that showcase its capabilities:<\/p>\n

-3D house architecture modeling<\/p>\n

\"X<\/p>\n

Thomas Ricouard@Dimillian<\/p>\n

Astra is very good at 3D modeling, and I can’t wait for all of you to experience it, for now here is a little walkthrough on how I built the demo house for our launch blog post. From a Blender scene to a Unreal Engine 5 walkable experience. \ud83e\uddf5 <\/p>\n

7:36 PM \u00b7 Sep 3, 2026 \u00b7 2.78M Views<\/p>\n

278 Replies \u00b7 772 Reposts \u00b7 7.8K Likes<\/p>\n

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-3D interactive atlas of human ankle<\/p>\n

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Emanuel AOF@Emanuel_Andre7<\/p>\n

Okay, this is genuinely impressive.<\/p>\n

I asked GPT-6 Astra to help me understand my own ankle pain. It gave me a full interactive 3D atlas \u2014 bones, ligaments, tendons, real motion axes, sliders for plantarflexion and inversion, and a live readout of what each ligament is doing. <\/p>\n

9:20 AM \u00b7 Sep 6, 2026 \u00b7 418K Views<\/p>\n

131 Replies \u00b7 386 Reposts \u00b7 4.82K Likes<\/p>\n

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-3D human anatomy<\/p>\n

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Brian Pridgen, MD@HandEManAI<\/p>\n

Here’s another exploration of what GPT-6 Astra can do with 3D human anatomy. Exploding view of the right upper extremity!<\/p>\n

Check out yesterday’s post for a carpal tunnel release surgical demo.<\/p>\n

Try it here: anatomy-unfolded.brianp.chatgpt.site<\/a> <\/p>\n

3:05 PM \u00b7 Sep 5, 2026 \u00b7 158K Views<\/p>\n

13 Replies \u00b7 144 Reposts \u00b7 1.04K Likes<\/p>\n

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-Tendon surgery demo<\/p>\n

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Brian Pridgen, MD@HandEManAI<\/p>\n

I’m totally floored! <\/p>\n

This resulted from a single prompt telling Astra (medium) to make a video of a tendon transfer surgery we do as hand surgeons (EIP to EPL tendon transfer). <\/p>\n

Excited to keep exploring this for surgical education, patient education, and robotic simulation! <\/p>\n

7:19 PM \u00b7 Sep 5, 2026 \u00b7 415K Views<\/p>\n

36 Replies \u00b7 97 Reposts \u00b7 948 Likes<\/p>\n

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-3D forest home<\/p>\n

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SHINTARO@UNIBRACITY<\/p>\n

GPT-6 Astra \u00d7 Blender
\n\u300eForest Retreat \/ \u30d5\u30a9\u30ec\u30b9\u30c8\u30fb\u30ea\u30c8\u30ea\u30fc\u30c8\u300f
\nAstra\u7a3c\u50cd\u6642\u9593 \u7d047\u6642\u9593\u3067\u3001\u3053\u3053\u307e\u3067\u3067\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002
\n\u305c\u3072\u307f\u3093\u306a\u3082\u8a66\u3057\u3066\u307f\u3066\u306d\uff01<\/p>\n

OpenAI-sama\uff01Tibo\uff01
\n\u7d20\u6674\u3089\u3057\u3044\u30e2\u30c7\u30eb\u3092\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\uff01\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n

\"X<\/p>\n

SHINTARO @UNIBRACITY<\/p>\n

Astra\u4f7f\u3063\u3066\u3066\u6c17\u304c\u4ed8\u3044\u305f\u3053\u3068<\/p>\n

\u4f8b\uff1aBlender\u64cd\u4f5c<\/p>\n

\u2460 \u3088\u304f\u898b\u304b\u3051\u308b\u51fa\u529b
\n\u4eca\u307e\u3067\u306eLLM\u306e\u5ef6\u9577\u7dda\u4e0a\u306b\u3042\u308b\u3001\u3044\u308f\u3086\u308b\u300c\u30b3\u30ec\u30b8\u30e3\u30ca\u30a4\u611f\u300d\u306e\u3042\u308b\u3082\u306e
\n\u2193<\/p>\n

\u2461 \u5148\u884c\u5229\u7528\u3057\u3066\u3044\u305f\u4eba\u305f\u3061\u304c\u51fa\u3057\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3001\u660e\u3089\u304b\u306b\u4e00\u6bb5\u4e0a\u306e\u30af\u30aa\u30ea\u30c6\u30a3<\/p>\n

\u666e\u901a\u306b\u4f7f\u3046\u3068\u2460\u3067\u7d42\u308f\u308a\u304c\u3061\u3002
\n\u3067\u3082\u3001\u30ab\u30b9\u30bf\u30e0\u6307\u793a\u3084\u901a\u5e38\u6307\u793a\u3092\u3061\u3083\u3093\u3068\u8a2d\u8a08\u3057\u3066\u3001<\/p>\n

7:43 AM \u00b7 Sep 5, 2026 \u00b7 65.8K Views<\/p>\n

6 Replies \u00b7 66 Reposts \u00b7 477 Likes<\/p>\n

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-Compose piano melody and 3D pianist<\/p>\n

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Leon Lin@LexnLin<\/p>\n

I asked GPT 6 Astra to compose a piano melody and build a 3D pianist to play it<\/p>\n

and holy fuck, the fingers do follow the actual notes<\/p>\n

PLUS this ONLY took about 2h<\/p>\n

daybreak-piano-film.lexn8.chatgpt.site<\/a> <\/p>\n

9:19 AM \u00b7 Sep 5, 2026 \u00b7 257K Views<\/p>\n

83 Replies \u00b7 81 Reposts \u00b7 1.09K Likes<\/p>\n

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