Astra computer use burns entire token budget on a Blender bat, still unfinished
sidahuj · x · 2026-09-07
aollivier82 asked the Astra model to make a photorealistic bat in Blender via computer use; the model kept iterating until the token budget ran out without finishing — "This is AGI," they joked.
lingoded adds that Astra plus computer use is a great way to waste tokens for subpar results, and the Blender MCP route works far better.
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