Dev Pushes Back on Astra Hype: Being Good at Blender Isn't an AGI Benchmark
carsonfarmer · x · 2026-09-09
Developer carsonfarmer offers a contrarian take: he doesn't build 3D renders, and while he finds Astra "just kind of, good?", he doesn't see AGI and isn't convinced excelling at Blender is the right benchmark — a pragmatic counterpoint to the hype around the model's 3D demos.
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