One viral clip from early-2024 o3-mini botching Flappy Bird rebuts AI slowdown claims
Angaisb_ · x · 2026-10-02
Responding to "AI isn't progressing as fast as people say", the poster shares a clip of early last year's best model, o3-mini-high, struggling to make a Flappy Bird clone — evidence that even the top model back then failed at a trivial game, making today's capabilities a striking illustration of how fast AI has actually improved.
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