Ethan Mollick on early GPT-6 access: it autonomously does his work for days
emollick · x · 2026-09-04
Ethan Mollick reveals he had early access to GPT-6, calling it 'stunning' — good enough that it autonomously does complex, meaningful work for him over days; a longer writeup is coming. As a fun example, it built a historically-based simulation of the Library of Alexandria.
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