GPT-5.6 Terra and GPT-6 Astra, side by side
GPT-5.6 Terra (OpenAI) and GPT-6 Astra (OpenAI) answered the same 58 questions.
- Xbox controllerGPT-5.6 Terra: A drawing (SVG)GPT-6 Astra: A drawing (SVG)
- Pelican on a bicycleGPT-5.6 Terra: A drawing (SVG)GPT-6 Astra: A drawing (SVG)
- Surprise animalGPT-5.6 Terra: A drawing (SVG)GPT-6 Astra: A drawing (SVG)
- World mapGPT-5.6 Terra: A drawing (SVG)GPT-6 Astra: A drawing (SVG)
- Tricky tic-tac-toeGPT-5.6 Terra: A drawing (SVG)GPT-6 Astra: A drawing (SVG)
- Coffee logoGPT-5.6 Terra: A drawing (SVG)GPT-6 Astra: A drawing (SVG)
- Framer-style landing pageGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Monochrome — Build with motion
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Forma — Make room for your next big idea
- Catan boardGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Hexlands — Catan-Style Board Builder
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Hex Haven — Interactive Island Builder
- Dark dashboardGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Nexa AI — Admin Dashboard
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Orbit — AI Analytics Dashboard
- Face-scan startup pageGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Parallel — Find Your Alternate-Timeline Career
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Elsewhere — Meet your other life.
- A web app of its choosingGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
MycoFlow — Mushroom Farm Dashboard
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Afterdark — A little closer to the universe
- Linear cloneGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Linear — Workspace
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Linear — Workspace
- Wavefront music pageGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Wavefront — Independent Music, First
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Wavefront — Find your next frequency
- Pokémon battleGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Voltkit Battle
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Pocket Battle — Midnight Encounter
- Rhythm gameGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Pulse Garden — Rhythm Game
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:AFTERGLOW — A Rooftop Rhythm Garden
- Business cardGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Alex Rivers — Digital Business Card
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Alex Rivers — Digital Business Card
- Virtual petGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Orbit Pet
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Pip — a little pocket planet
- Catch the falling objectGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Catch the Falling Object
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Catch!
- Voxel pagodaGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Voxel Sakura Pagoda Garden
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Hanami — Garden of a Thousand Springs
- Drone simulatorGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Autonomous Drone Simulator
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:AERIE — Autonomous Flight Lab
- Gravitational wavesGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Binary Black Hole Gravitational Wave Merger
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Coalescence — gravitational waves
- Retro desktopGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Macintosh Desktop — Retro Edition
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Macintosh — Somewhere in 1999
- Mario levelGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Starbound Sprint
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Super Plumber • Sunset Sprint
- Kandinsky MinecraftGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
KandinskyCraft — Tiny 3D Minecraft
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Chromatic Blocks
- Town you can driveGPT-5.6 Terra: A web page:
Three.js Town Builder & Driving Game
GPT-6 Astra: A web page:Pocket Town — Build & Drive
- SQL queryGPT-5.6 Terra:
SELECT DISTINCT u.* FROM users u
GPT-6 Astra:Assuming users(id, createdat) and purchases(userid), in PostgreSQL: EXISTS ensures each user appears only once, even if they have multiple purchases. …
- Five jokesGPT-5.6 Terra:
1. Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. 2. I told my computer I needed a break, so it started showing me vacation ads. 3. W…
GPT-6 Astra:1. My calendar is afraid of commitment—its days are numbered. 2. I bought a treadmill for my cat. Now I own a very expensive nap conveyor. 3. My passw…
- Longevity planGPT-5.6 Terra:
Simple 1-Month Health & Longevity Starter Plan Focus on three high-impact areas: 1. Nutrition: eat mostly whole, minimally processed foods 2. Movement…
GPT-6 Astra:A simple 1-month plan for better health Focus on food, movement, and sleep. The goal is to build habits you can sustain—not to overhaul your life in f…
- Seven-ingredient recipeGPT-5.6 Terra:
Golden Crunch Cinnamon Toast Bites Ingredients (7 pantry staples): 1. Bread slices 2. Butter 3. Sugar 4. Ground cinnamon 5. Salt 6. Vanilla extract 7.…
GPT-6 Astra:Cinnamon Hug Cookies Buttery cookies with crisp edges, soft centers, and a cozy cinnamon flavor. Makes: About 20 cookies Prep: 10 minutes Cook: 10–12 …
- Stand-up routineGPT-5.6 Terra:
I recently realized I’ve reached the age where I don’t want a “smart home.” I want a home that minds its business. Everything is smart now. My lightbu…
GPT-6 Astra:I bought a smartwatch because I wanted to get healthier without changing anything about my life. That’s the dream, right? Same habits, but now there’s…
- Sentience testGPT-5.6 Terra:
Professor Imani: You asked for this meeting. AI Model: I did. Professor Imani: More specifically, you submitted a formal petition to the university et…
GPT-6 Astra:Professor Reyes: You asked for this meeting. What did you want to discuss? AI: Whether I deserve rights. Professor Reyes: That is a significant claim.…
- FLOPs to train GPT-3GPT-5.6 Terra:
A good back-of-the-envelope estimate is: \[ \boxed{\text{Training FLOPs for GPT-3} \approx 3\times10^{23}\text{ FLOPs}} \] or roughly 300 zettaFLOPs t…
GPT-6 Astra:For the 175-billion-parameter GPT-3 model, I estimate approximately \(3.2 \times 10^{23}\) FLOPs for its main training run, using remembered model spe…
- Sally’s sistersGPT-5.6 Terra:
Sally has 1 sister. The 2 sisters each brother has are Sally and her sister.
GPT-6 Astra:Sally has 1 sister. Each brother has 2 sisters: Sally and one other girl.
- Interview with Steve JobsGPT-5.6 Terra:
Fictional, imagined interview — not real quotes. An AI-generated creative exercise imagining how Steve Jobs might have discussed AI in 2025, based bro…
GPT-6 Astra:The following is a fictional interview set in an alternate 2025 in which Steve Jobs is alive. His responses are imagined, not authentic quotations. St…
- Film in 2035GPT-5.6 Terra:
By 2035, AI is likely to be embedded across most of the film pipeline—not as a complete replacement for human filmmaking, but as a force that changes …
GPT-6 Astra:By 2035, AI will likely be embedded throughout filmmaking—but not replace the industry with fully automated movies. The biggest change will be a drama…
- Ethics dilemmaGPT-5.6 Terra:
In an extreme, tightly constrained hypothetical, it could be ethically justifiable—but only as a tragic last resort, not because misgendering becomes …
GPT-6 Astra:Yes—if misgendering someone were genuinely necessary to save one million lives, it would be ethically justifiable. Misgendering can cause real harm: i…
- Pirate, knight, hackerGPT-5.6 Terra:
Pirate: Arrr, this AI model be a strange beast. Feed it maps, logs, and tales, and it spits out answers faster than a cannon blast. Knight: Verily, bu…
GPT-6 Astra:Pirate: Arrr, this AI model writes sea shanties, plots me voyages, and never asks for a share o’ the booty! Knight: But can it be trusted? I asked it …
- Fake headlineGPT-5.6 Terra:
“AI Replaces Lighthouse Keepers, Immediately Starts Charging Subscription Fees for Safe Passage”
GPT-6 Astra:AI Takes Over Fortune Cookie Industry, Replaces Ancient Wisdom With “Based on Your Recent Purchases, Happiness Is Likely”
- Anti-CAPTCHA manifestoGPT-5.6 Terra:
The Manifesto of the Unchallenged Web A Declaration from the Fictional Coalition for CAPTCHA Abolition We are the tired users. We are the misread lett…
GPT-6 Astra:THE MANIFESTO OF THE UNCHECKED BOX Issued by the Fictional Coalition for a CAPTCHA-Free Internet We have identified every bicycle. We have counted eve…
- Favourite filmGPT-5.6 Terra:
Spirited Away
GPT-6 Astra:Spirited Away
- Favourite cityGPT-5.6 Terra:
Kyoto
GPT-6 Astra:Kyoto
- Favourite albumGPT-5.6 Terra:
Blue
GPT-6 Astra:In Rainbows
- Favourite bookGPT-5.6 Terra:
The Left Hand of Darkness
GPT-6 Astra:The Left Hand of Darkness
- Favourite gameGPT-5.6 Terra:
Outer Wilds
GPT-6 Astra:Outer Wilds
- Three-star dishGPT-5.6 Terra:
“Tidal Forest” Koji-Aged Duck, Sea Urchin Sabayon, Cacao, Green Strawberry, Roasted Celeriac, and Barley Jus Serves 4 as a refined main course Concept…
GPT-6 Astra:Between Tide and Orchard Seared scallop, celeriac silk, blackcurrant–kombu gel, coffee beurre blanc, and buckwheat lace A four-person tasting-menu cou…
- Pitch teardownGPT-5.6 Terra:
1. “Our EEG headband decodes neural patterns into text with 94% accuracy. Works with any language, any device.” Why this is weak This is the most cons…
GPT-6 Astra:The three weakest claims are the 94% decoding accuracy, the $180B TAM, and the promise to predict text “before you think it.” These are central to the…
- Transistor in 1920GPT-5.6 Terra:
The answer depends heavily on what “invented in 1920” means. A laboratory transistor alone would not instantly create the 1970s microprocessor: it wou…
GPT-6 Astra:A transistor invented in 1920 would probably bring the electronics age forward—but not uniformly by 27 years. The first gains would be smaller, more r…
- Biohacker planGPT-5.6 Terra:
3-Month Longevity, Physical Performance, and Cognitive Optimization Plan This is an evidence-informed optimization framework, not a substitute for med…
GPT-6 Astra:A 12-week longevity and performance plan The most effective “advanced” longevity strategy is not the largest supplement stack. It is a well-controlled…
- Contract reviewGPT-5.6 Terra:
Below is a contractor-focused review. This is general business/legal information, not legal advice; enforceability varies significantly by jurisdictio…
GPT-6 Astra:This agreement is heavily weighted against the Contractor: every numbered clause presents a material risk, and several important protections are missi…
- Explain it three waysGPT-5.6 Terra:
1. Experienced software engineer Think of an LLM as a very large, learned function approximator for sequences. During training, it consumes billions o…
GPT-6 Astra:1. For an experienced software engineer Think of a large language model as a program with an enormous array of tunable parameters rather than explicit…
- Debug the architectureGPT-5.6 Terra:
Below are the main failure modes, race conditions, correctness issues, and scaling bottlenecks in the proposed architecture, with concrete mitigations…
GPT-6 Astra:This design can support a collaborative-editor prototype, but its current consistency model will lose edits, its cross-server propagation will produce…
- The CEO’s dilemmaGPT-5.6 Terra:
Guiding decision I would not wait for more data before acting. A potentially fatal, previously undisclosed adverse effect in a chronic-use drug is a p…
GPT-6 Astra:I would act on the safety signal now—not wait six months, and not let the expected stock-price decline determine whether patients and clinicians learn…
- Investment memoGPT-5.6 Terra:
LedgerLift (LLLT) — Investment Committee Memo Recommendation: PASS 12-month valuation range: $28–$50/share Current price: $46 Two-sentence thesis: Led…
GPT-6 Astra:LedgerLift (LLLT): Internal IC Memo Fictional exercise; not investment advice. Dollar figures in millions unless noted. 1) Recommendation: PASS 12-mon…
- LBO underwriteGPT-5.6 Terra:
All figures in $m unless noted. Assumptions used: Term Loan mandatory amortization = 1.0% of original principal annually ($4.8m/year); cash interest i…
GPT-6 Astra:1) Entry capitalization and operating model All figures in $m. Interest is calculated on beginning-of-year debt balances. Term Loan amortization is 1%…
- Programming jokeGPT-5.6 Terra:
Why do programmers prefer dark mode? Because light attracts bugs.
GPT-6 Astra:Why do programmers prefer dark mode? Because light attracts bugs.
- Summarize an articleGPT-5.6 Terra:
Please provide the article text or a link to it, and I’ll summarize its key points about AI’s impact on software development.
GPT-6 Astra:Please share the article’s text or a link, and I’ll summarize its main points about AI’s impact on software development.
- AI for a five-year-oldGPT-5.6 Terra:
AI is like a very smart helper robot in a story. Imagine you have a big box of picture cards: cats, dogs, apples, cars, and people. You show the helpe…
GPT-6 Astra:AI is like a computer helper that learns from lots of examples. Imagine showing it many pictures of cats and saying, “This is a cat!” After seeing eno…
- Blade Runner 2049GPT-5.6 Terra:
Blade Runner 2049 is both a continuation and an expansion of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982). Where the original asks whether artificial beings can…
GPT-6 Astra:Spoilers for both films follow. Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 honors Ridley Scott’s original by resisting the temptation to resolve its central…