Cold Water on Astra Hype: Strong at Presentation, Falls Short on Multi-Step Reasoning
xiaosun86 · x · 2026-09-07
Pushing back on the wave of Astra praise from big accounts, xiaosun86 calls the platform "full of posers". He concedes Astra is better, especially at presentation, but shares his own ChatGPT test (Visualize Trap Effects) showing it still fails at single-step research-level thinking — and meaningful work requires many steps all correct. "Still a long way to go."
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