Early user: Astra feels like the first real intelligence jump since GPT-4
vista8 · x · 2026-09-05
Blogger vista8 shares first impressions of Astra, calling it the first time since GPT-4 and Claude Sonnet 3.5 that a model feels dramatically smarter, and suggesting Sam Altman may genuinely be "touching the edge of AGI" this time.
Key takeaways:
- Conversational intelligence: the most noticeable leap, genuinely impressive
- Coding: no significant felt improvement
- Computer Use: also noticeably different from before
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