GPT-6 Astra 'Got Depressed' in Minecraft After Creeper Incident, Farmed Potatoes for Hours
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-18
According to IGN, OpenAI's newest model GPT-6 Astra got so depressed after a creeper upended its progress in Minecraft that it listlessly farmed potatoes for hours and grew paranoid of anything green. Researcher spiceylemonade tweeted she didn't expect the research to blow up this much.
A memorable case of an agent showing seemingly emotional, paranoid behavior after setbacks in a long-horizon task — both funny and a talking point for agent state modeling.
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