GPT Astra and Claude Opus race 30+ hours for the best StarCraft strategy; human S-tier builds barely hold
Vjeux · x · 2026-10-05
kaimcpheeters has been running a live experiment where GPT Astra and Claude 5.5 Opus race for over 30 hours to iteratively produce the best StarCraft strategies.
So far the best human-written S-tier strategies are still holding out against Astra — but only barely. The AI-vs-AI arms race against human optimals is ongoing.
Related event: Live Test: GPT vs Claude Compete Over 30 Hours on StarCraft Strategies(3 posts)→
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