Researchers debate GPT-6 Astra: a generalist VLA that could beat custom VLAs
YouJiacheng · x · 2026-09-28
- teortaxesTex argues Astra was likely trained for raw motor control and can cope without tactile feedback; given enough tools it would easily beat custom VLAs aside from latency.
- YouJiacheng notes Astra is itself a VLA, not "custom"; if OpenAI makes it cheap and fast to use, training it was probably cheap too — making it a preview of future generalist VLA capabilities.
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