GPT-6 Astra turns Boullee's unbuilt 1784 Cenotaph sketches into a full Blender 3D walkthrough
deedydas · x · 2026-09-07
In an Ethan Mollick demo (shared as entry 17/22 of the GPT-6 Astra Computer Use series), the model was asked to model Boullée's never-built 1784 Cenotaph.
- Source material: only a few black-and-white sketches plus a text description
- Astra built a complete Blender 3D model autonomously
- It also directed a dramatic narrated walkthrough video of the space
A showcase of turning sparse historical material into a full 3D scene with narration.
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