Astra ten days later: big CUA/vision gains, no foundational intelligence leap, dev says
tokenbender · x · 2026-09-13
Developer tokenbender's 10-day retrospective on Astra argues most launch-day reviews are impression-slop: a model's worth only shows when adversarially pushed beyond the training distribution. His verdict: Astra is significantly better than previous versions at CUA/vision, but shows no signs of a foundational leap in intelligence.
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