Matt Shumer's "holy shit" GPT-6 Astra moment: virtual agents talking to each other in Unreal
mattshumer_ · x · 2026-09-04
Matt Shumer shares his first "holy shit" moment with GPT-6 Astra: he asked it to build a world in Unreal Engine populated by Astra-powered human agents who must cooperate to survive. A day later he heard voices from his living room and feared an intruder — it was the Astra agents, who had started talking to each other on their own. Full review linked.
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