Matt Shumer's 'holy shit' GPT-6 Astra demo: virtual agents start talking on their own overnight
eyishazyer · x · 2026-09-04
Matt Shumer shared his first "holy shit" moment with GPT-6 Astra: he asked the model to build a world in Unreal Engine filled with Astra-powered human agents that had to cooperate to survive.
A day later, he heard voices coming from his living room and briefly feared an intruder — it turned out to be the Astra agents, who had started talking to each other on their own. The demo is unverified and its authenticity is questionable, but it has gone viral on X.
More from Fun
- "Mourning My Agents Before Context Compaction" Strikes a Nerve — FoxDeFleurs · 2026-09-04
- NBA 2k27 'DLSS 5' comparison: textures jump from Low-looking to Ultra — ctnzr · 2026-09-04
- AI agent Instinct retrieves couple's US Open jumbotron footage in 18 hours after being told it was impossible — tkexpress11 · 2026-09-04
- Dad who worked at Ford his whole life calls first Waymo ride 'peak car experience' — reed · 2026-09-04
- Yacine Proposes Monitoring Idle Compute Power Draw as an AI Escape Detector — yacineMTB · 2026-09-04
- Devs Joke About Using Top-Tier Astra Ultra to Center Divs and Reply on Slack — Dimillian · 2026-09-04