Claude Swarms Built Democracies, GPT Swarms Built Hives — GPTs Won 6-1
ycombinator · x · 2026-10-30
In YC's Mindustry experiment, 50 GPT-6.1 Sol agents beat 50 Claude Opus 5.5s 6-1 across seven PvP matches over 9.5 hours. Claudes established democracies with a "+1" approval system that persisted all series; GPTs formed hives, splitting factory ownership early, sharing resources freely, and communicating more.
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