GPT-6 Astra reportedly solved 50 unpublished physics problems at ~$3 each, caught an answer-key error
victor_explore · x · 2026-10-18
Researchers wrote 50 unpublished physics problems, each said to take a top physicist a day to solve. Per Peter Diamandis, GPT-6 Astra solved them at roughly $3 per problem and even caught an error in the answer key. Emad Mostaque's takeaway: in verifiable domains, AI is now simply better than us.
Note this is secondhand, without published papers or reproducible details — treat with caution, but if accurate it's another landmark data point for AI in science.
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