Ethan Mollick: Astra just takes action, spinning up agents on vague requests
emollick · x · 2026-09-04
Ethan Mollick shares a first-hand observation: Astra (and Fable) are striking because they just take action. Given an ill-defined Blender deliverable, Astra spun up a historical research agent and a visual critic on its own and started working without further guidance.
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