GPT-6 Astra Scores 95% on Robot Control, 2.3x Cheaper Than Fable 5.1
willcb · x · 2026-09-06
A quoted thread reports GPT-6 Astra scoring 95% on a robot control task, up from Fable 5.1's 40%, while using 6.2x fewer output tokens at 2.3x lower cost. A follow-up question asks whether GPT-6 could simply API-call the MolmoAct2 checkpoint to execute commands like "put block into bowl," touching on whether general-purpose models can replace specialized robot policies.
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