Ethan Mollick on early GPT-6 access: it autonomously does his work for days
emollick · x · 2026-09-04
Wharton professor Ethan Mollick, with early access, calls GPT-6 "stunning" — good enough to autonomously handle complex, meaningful work for him over days. As a fun demo, it built a historically-based simulation of the Library of Alexandria. A longer write-up is coming.
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