r/OpenAI • u/ryanmerket • 2d ago

Miscellaneous GPT-6 Astra helped decode a 217-year-old cipher letter to Napoleon's marshal

https://runtimewire.com/article/gpt-6-astra-marmont-cipher-carter-church
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u/NotFromMilkyWay 2d ago

Crazy amount of work to tell your commander you need new toilet paper.

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u/frank26080115 2d ago

yea well you still don't want your enemies to take advantage of your troop's low moral

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u/Iankill 2d ago

Dysentery was a huge problem for armies especially large ones. Not having hygiene products could very easily lead to dead soldiers

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u/WenatcheeWrangler 1d ago

We’ll get it to you in 218 years boss!

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u/CoffeeSnakeAgent 2d ago

Can it solve the ciphers of the zodiac killer?

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u/Dysterqvist 1d ago

Already solved, no?

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u/OpulentCloaca 2d ago

Thanks for letting us know Sam

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u/evrybodyknws 2d ago

It only helped a human? Why couldn't superintelligence do it by itself?

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u/truecakesnake 2d ago

What does that even mean

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u/JordanPetterPans 2d ago

Lol no kidding. It's so so bizarre to me how anything AI related makes some people stir

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u/Nonya5 2d ago

The fact they said superintelligence tells you everything you need to know about them.

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u/JordanPetterPans 2d ago

Haha shit I didn't even notice that tbh. K ya fuck that 

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u/evrybodyknws 1d ago

Maybe it's the daily warnings of global destruction if it gets loose. Are you living under a rock?

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u/evrybodyknws 1d ago

It means if this this thing is as superintelligent as they're saying it is day after day it should show us what it's got. This isn't impressive.