GPT-6 Astra Beats Nethack on Its 3rd Try, a Game Most Humans Never Beat
gleech · x · 2026-09-27
Citing Ethan Mollick, gleech reports that "GPT-6 Astra" beat Nethack — the original roguelike and one of the hardest games ever made — on its 3rd attempt. He notes that running it 11 times with the fair BALROG harness, the best run was still 5x worse than this one; the author, a longtime player, has never ascended.
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