GPT-5.6 Sol and Kimi K3 face off in a long-horizon Kerbal Space Program run
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-07-21
Two frontier models are being pitted against each other in a long-horizon Kerbal Space Program run: GPT-5.6 Sol vs. Kimi K3. They start from scratch, with no prebuilt rockets or cheats, and have to iterate through design, launch, landing, and repeat.
The post frames the stream as a live AI space-race demo, highlighting the models' ability to plan, execute, and recover over long horizons in a game environment.
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