Heavy user on Astra: beats a junior hire on cost, but still fumbles simple tasks
RachelVT42 · x · 2026-09-09
A user who spent roughly 16 hours a day with Astra for several days concludes: "if AGI is truly here, it's not Astra." Another adds that Astra does some things well but still makes dumb mistakes on fairly simple tasks and burns more energy than necessary — better and cheaper than a default intern or junior staffer, yet with tons of room for improvement.
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