GPT-6 Astra Mines Diamond in Minecraft Overnight

Wuyang Zhou posted that he instructed GPT-6 Astra to mine a diamond in Minecraft using computer use, then slept. He woke to find a diamond in the inventory and attached a 325-second screen recording. Deedy Das called it an example of computer use succeeding at the task. Will Depue replied that the outcome places his definition of AGI—machines handling any above-average human computer task—within six months. Reiichiro Nakano noted that earlier OpenAI tabula rasa RL efforts on Minecraft never really worked that well and that now it is just one prompt away. A partial visible replies of replies on Will Depue's post showed a split between optimism about rapid progress and skepticism over timelines, costs, and lack of consciousness.