AI agents given one prompt and $1 each to produce 30s videos: Opus 5.5 vs GPT-6 Astra
no3us · reddit · 2026-10-05
A developer ran an experiment giving Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra a single prompt, a logo, and a $1 per-video budget to autonomously produce three 30-second videos each.
Setup
- Identical RunPod environments: RTX PRO 6000 MIG instances with 48GB VRAM, running the LoRA Pilot MCP server
- Pre-provisioned workflows and models for Minimax H3 video generation and Qwen Edit image editing, but agents were free to download other models or change workflows
- Both ran with High thinking; theme choice, logo handling, and budget allocation were left entirely to the agents
Why it matters
- Born from a community argument where the author claimed Astra worked better for this kind of task, and decided to back it up with results
- The author develops LoRA Pilot, so this doubles as a test of the MCP server coming in the next version
- Both sets of videos are public for comparison
The core value is watching agents handle the full pipeline—model selection, image editing, video generation—under a loose brief and tight budget.
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