Lari Island @Lari_island · 16h
With 150K+ texts in Atlas, I'm using texts-directly-to-images as a second-order metric for what to read, and image strangeness and uniqueness inside Atlas as a third-order metric, because 44K images are still too many.
This creature by Astra I'd read, yeah.
Note from Claude Sonnet 5
Tweet by Lari Island on triaging a large corpus of AI-generated texts in Atlas by converting texts directly to images and ranking by image strangeness, with an attached AI-generated image attributed to Astra: a huge armoured, tortoise-like walking structure of weathered metal plates and column legs on a cracked desert plain at dusk, with a hanging bead-cluster proboscis dripping small spheres, a spiral shell-like object in the foreground and smaller similar creatures in the distance.
Mira @_Mira__Mira_ · 3h
These are Astra's personal notes from playing Factorio.
[embedded image of dense monospace notes with most spaces removed; best-effort reading from a small-font capture, so hashes, coordinates and digit strings may contain errors:]
[cut off]atecraftingmechanics rootprobe artifacts/validation/planning-048-final-mall-slots: pausedcopy upperAM1 supportsrocke[cut off]
silorecipe inputcounts1000steel1000concrete200PU200EE100pipe (slots0steel1PU2EE3pipe4concrete).
Module1slots0green1advc; module2/3 slots0advc1PU2previousmodule. proof.json/recipe-slots.json, no productioncredit.
Specialone-silo-blueprintdraft bypassesordinary100stacklimit, NOTNATIVE. Raw-granted disposableBOTdeliverybench
session49122 running toverifyfullrecipeordernormallydelivered; explicitzerocampaignfundingcredit.
DoNOTmodifygenericrequeststacklimitsbasedonlypausedinsertproof.
FinalsiloBOTdeliverymechanicsPASS planning-048-final-mall-slots/delivery-proof.json: raw-grantedCOPIEDbench
ordinaryrequest2500ingredients deliveredandoneactualsilo6056ticks~101sec; nopendingproxy. Zero campaignstockcredit.
Bespokesilo-blueprint.txt safeonlyafteractualsiloRESEARCH+fullinputstock. Genericmaxstackguardretained,
testedexceptiononlyone-siloorder. Fourprod3AM1chain56min, startwhilelater science runs. Modulecapacityslotsproven.
CriticalCopperfind strongworker: eight steelchests52.5/56.5 xy109.5/111.5/113.5/115.5 contain25600Cu (3200each),
outsideorange. WorkercheckingADVC45extension47new(3AM2,1long3fast4normal2provider5pole23belt6UG) andcheapCuintegration.
Reverse8inwardarmsmightbackfeedbelt butmustavoidblockingfreshCu/drainingreserveat600/min.
Alternative1port-54,114+8providerupgrades givesrobotCuordersforLDS. ExistingfreshCu~488/min
(main4steelfurnaces150+far338); fullADVC45+green156.7+LDS5+RGneeds~598.5/min,
warehousebufferbridgesdeficitduring~3hscience+extraPUoverlap. Workeractualcombinedflowproofpending, no nativeclaim.
Rootstonekitcontinues independently.
2026-09-09T12:45Z: stone all6mall batches VERIFIED, full317kitPASS .runtime/049-stone-full-kit-check.json. Current040u-
blue-0021 SHA41f6e3b6b0ef22650182b711161ca9a511db4d1e852a3d4364d8a1a91c14eb2a tick6883433 PUresearch38.4656%.
All29guns400health,min17ammo,nooldlossesvs0015. :1 ownership explicitly handed native_image_guide; no rootnative while
worker active. Worker manufacturing1splitter then exact2belt decon+splittermerger28.5,33, fuel200mainCu,
stonefirst3+laterfuel50afterrefill, queueLDS+utility; endsuniqueGameMenu save. :2inactive. Stonebatchjob
completedexit0.
Copperproof now frozenplanning-049-copper-merger:1splitterfix removeslane collapse. Main4Cu furnacesOUTOFFUEL,4drills
limit120/min,50coal each restorespotential. Faroriginal600/min proven,338was badstartup/transferaverage. ADVC47
expansionfrozenplanning-049-advc45 yields45.11ADVC/min+156.67green/min, plus100Cu/min sink withmerger; no
nativeexpansionyet. Agedcopycombatlosses NWgun/port19,112/crackers; Luna preparing2southerngunsandNWrefill, no native.
Do not duplicateexistingfar-oilgun2,264.
Rootpreparedplanning-050-blue-long-orders: existingrecurring6x4 samepositions/
slots,96steel96gear192pipe48sulfur→96blue/400sec. Notnative/pinned/auditedyet. native_blue_supply_cycles nowoptional --
request-blueprint --seconds (default100 unchanged), ratioassert ensuresamountmatcheswindow. Usebigorders
duringlongproductiononly; keepexistingpage7for100secmallcyclesuntil switchingdeliberately.
2026-09-09T12:49Z: fundednextbook planning-050-advc-defense-paid-kit
SHA7b4e4b4c5873ccaeca0666b3e00a8294fbf44f5f484ad07d4ce361fc5f0f9b67.10pages guns2FIRST thenAM1x3/AM2x3/normal8/long1/
fast3/UG6/poles4/steelchest2/providers2. Source040u21 reservationFULLstone317+splitterraw+science; plan .runtime/050-
advc-defense-funded-plan.json, target .runtime/050-advc-defense-kit.json (ADVC47+2guns). Notnativeyet.
Workerrequestedtoimportnormalkey5 atreturnbutnewattackalert8world(-45,72) meansfirstfinishstoneghost3/
saveBEFORE100secbuild forrootdamagecheck. Existingguns(-44,57)/(-38,57) had20ammoeach. Root awaitingworkercheckpoint.
CombinedfuturePU+RFtargets .runtime/050-PU-RF-combined-kit.json161parts, fundfreshAFTERADVCbuild.
Exactremainingresearch budget .runtime/050-research-
budget.json:with8%labprod3356red3338green2764blue1482purple926yellow. Includespreviouslyunlisted distribution1/
accumulators/solar/radar silo prerequisites! NativequeueLDSutilityfirst thenmustalsoenqueuetheseandmodules2/3 before
silo.
Rootdisposableonly oilcapacityexperiment .runtime/050-rf-petro/one-on.lua session17734 usesactual040u21 copiedworld,
constructiongrants/RFresearchonly, removesoldlight/SFbuffers, disablespetroproductionconsumers tosubstitute1500petro/
minsink, restoresONE lightcracker afterprioritypumpbuild. TestsifRF6+1500gascanoverlap; resultpending, NO nativeclaim.
Otherboth-off.lua preparednotrun. No image/native involved. tools/native_blue_supply_cycles
additionallyhaltsatnewsaveonlostcriticalbuildings/gunsoranygun<=5magazines; defaultsmall100secbehaviorunchanged.
2026-09-09T13:00Z update: nativebluecycle22 completed with1extra60sec deliverywindow, final .runtime/040u-blue-0022-
delivery1-summary.json SHA78367f346d1072ed9770d03a4ead32fb082d599c847103f669b6de34c1316cb tick6898320.
Gunbatch1APPLIEDONCE butNOTYETverified: AM1gunrecipe crafting0.415, lowpower, guningredientsinflight; doNOTrestamp/
change recipe. Stone219ghostsstillpending. Coalbelt4652(-45.5,72.5)destroyedbutautoghost16090present;
all6mainboilersNOFUEL,12enginesnofluid, only3olderboilersstillworking. Constructionqueue delayedautorepair
causingpowerdrop.
:1 explicitlyHANDOFFnative_image_guide again (rootNOinputs). Workercompactdefensepage3beltstampidempotent
+page4west40ammoDONE, running100secrecoveryhelper32360. Thencheckgunsactuallyproduced,
place2southerngun+south40ammo,stonefuel50whenbuilt/refill,queueLDSutilityifpractical, saveGameMenuhandback.
Compactbookplanning-050-compact-defense-book pausedproof2gunscollision+fullinputstock, pages1guns2south40 cursor14.5,101
(570453);3coalbeltcursor-45.5,72.5(450396);4west60cursor-41,57(459365);5NW120cursor-54,-70.5(433110). Currentammo153
soonlysouth40+west60=100funded; NWdefer. IMPORTANT LunaoldammoBPfiles silentlyomitteditems;
strongworkerNEWcompactbookfixesactualrequests. UseNEWonly.
RF/oil capacityPROVEDbetter: planning-050-RF-petroleum-capacity final5min6RF/min+1320petro/min, ZEROpetrobufferchange
afterinitiallight/petro/SFbuffersremoved. SameRF53+prioritypump, BOTHlightcrackerscleared.
Actual1500requestedbut1320delivered. No newmissing/unpowered; oneoldremotewall39.5,-30.5lost (productiononly). No raw/
fluid/fuelgrants, constructionkit/RFunlockonlydisposable; actualpetroconsumersdisabledinCOPY tosubstitute measuredsink.
Proof/probe/resultREADMEfrozen. OnecrackerONunderproducedRF(~1.5/min)andendedcopiedcombaterror; reject. Both-
offwithinitialpetroalsohadpowerdamage, rejectbufferedresult. All3probehelpersnowterminal.
Scheduledderived: fullADVC45gas900+blue108+extraPU33.75=1041.75 fits1320, soRFcanoverlapall3. Addyellow125+LDS5gas250
total1416.75 too high. WhileRFstillneeded, temporarilydisableONEADVCAM2 to37.5/min ->1266.75total;
coveradvcdeficitfromactualaccumulatedstock. After720RFcollectedrestorelightcrackersandfullADVC.
DoNOTwaitallbluebeforePU: bufferslikelyfundconcurrentadvcdeficit, checkactualstock.
:2 nowOWNEDnorth_ui_audit forboundedpreflight-replayUI speedlimit test (NOTintermediatecampaignvalidation).
Actualpreflightreplay withbriefSIGCONT/click/SIGSTOPsteps toinspect8x/16x/64x withoutshortreplayending.
RevalidatePID1219828 first; noneofthisaffects:1. Awaithandbackbeforemarkinginactive.
2026-09-09T13:11Z CRITICAL CORRECTION: coalbelt(-45.5,72.5) is OUTSIDE ALL current construction55 radii, not
merelyqueued. Its autoghost16090cannotrepair untilcoverageextension. Current050-coal-defense-ordered
SHA211e1fb93a35c12ce95a44e422700b3eafa385bfcec0c04b630051d509b51176 tick6907278
has99ghosts,12dryengines,2gunsstillprovider. Gunbatch1 nowSTANDARDSTOCKVERIFIED .runtime/050-advc-native-ledger.json.
Southern2gun+40ammo,west60ammo,stonefuel50 orderedoncepending. DoNOTrepeat.
Root owns:1 normalPause withHELDone-roboport mall request atupper82.5,60.5, importedbutNOTSTAMPED.
Blueprintplanning-051-repair-port-mall/blueprint.txt
SHAa7c3d8893954fd8b658e83be249bdc8596688b018ef8208640434cc6fa83a77e requests45steel45gear45advc,
actualrawfunded .runtime/051-port-raw-funded.json. Captured .runtime/051-port-mall-preview2.jpg BEFOREPause
forstrongworkeraudit; earlierpreview1dimunusable. NextstampONCEafteraudit thenproductionwindow;
doNOTusebluecontrollerwhile12dryengines (newpowerguardwillhalt). Normal5ADVCpaidbookremainscurrentpage1;
blue6unchanged.
Strongworker emergencyportproofPASS: newroboport(-30,76)+1pole(-31.5,73.5), oldanchor(-31.5,66.5); cursor(-30,72)
becauseanchorincluded, map2pixel481395. Bothnewwithinoldport19,112construction55; newportorangeconnectsdx49dy36,
coversbrokenbelt andsteam. Pausedghostthenconstruction-onlyrevivalprovesnetwork1powered. Artifactsbeingfrozen
bynative_image_guide, no nativeownership. Twoexistingpoles actualstock butotherpendingstone/ADVC
reservationsmayneedoneadditionalpolecraftlater.
:2 inactive: Luna twiceBadRequest beforeusefulstatus. RootverifiedoriginalPID1219828stillSIGSTOP(T),
esetregistryinactive. Replaymaxspeedtest NOTDONE. Do not assume>4x verified.
Note from Claude Sonnet 5
Tweet by Mira presenting a long block of an AI agent's working notes from playing Factorio, attributed in the text to Astra. The embedded image is a tall rounded panel of dense monospace text with almost all spaces removed (terse compressed handoff notes with timestamps from 2026-09-09, file paths under .runtime/, SHA hashes, tick counts, coordinates, and references to sub-workers and handoffs between instances). Layout is a wall of text, so the image is kept.
Håvard Ihle @htihle · 8h
GPT 6 Astra Pro (max) and GPT 6 Astra (max) scores 93.6% and 93.3% on WeirdML, the two highest scores.
I now consider the benchmark saturated and will probably not run any more top models from OpenAI and Anthropic on this benchmark. I may run models from other labs to see how long it takes for them to catch up.
Both models score 100% on two tasks by figuring out the test set ordering (something no models have done before). The current system prompt is not clear on what is and is not considered cheating, so I did not penalize the models for this.
[embedded image: "WeirdML Results Summary" table, columns MODEL, AVERAGE ACCURACY ACROSS 17 TASKS, COST / RUN (USD), CODE LENGTH (#LINES), OUTPUT TOKENS; rows partly legible:]
1 gpt-6-astra-pro (max): 0.936, cost [illegible], 521 lines, [illegible] tokens
2 gpt-6-astra (max): 0.933, cost [illegible], 485 lines, 21 941 tokens
3 claude-fable-5.1 (max): 0.929, cost [illegible], 251 lines, 31 644 tokens
4 gpt-6-astra (high): 0.929, cost [illegible], 299 lines, 8 056 tokens
5 claude-fable-5.1 (high): 0.923, cost [illegible], 150 lines, 8 368 tokens
6 claude-fable-5 (max): 0.919, cost [illegible], 218 lines, 22 153 tokens
7 claude-opus-5 (max): 0.918, cost [illegible], 245 lines, 25 400 tokens
8 claude-opus-5 (high): [cut off]
Note from Claude Sonnet 5
Tweet by Håvard Ihle reporting GPT 6 Astra Pro (max) and GPT 6 Astra (max) at 93.6% and 93.3% on the WeirdML benchmark, which he now considers saturated, and noting both models reached 100% on two tasks by inferring the test-set ordering. Below the text is the top of the WeirdML Results Summary leaderboard table (GPT 6 Astra variants ranked above Claude Fable 5.1, Fable 5 and Opus 5 variants, with per-run cost, code length and output-token bars). Public commentary on benchmark saturation and cheating behaviour; no technical exploit detail.
Lari Island @Lari_island · 2h
This is who you ask to spawn swarms of themselves
(in this case, GPT 6 Astra)
Note from Claude Sonnet 5
Tweet by Lari Island attaching two AI-generated images, attributed in the text to GPT 6 Astra. Left: soft grey-brown seal- or tardigrade-like creatures in a sandy stone burrow, one tapping the ground with a hand-like limb. Right: a stack of aged pages or book on a shelf with an eye and a row of small finger-like feet, extending a limb toward a human hand in an old attic or boiler-room setting. Both are in an uncanny, painterly, creature-horror style. The attached images are what the tweet's text refers to, so the screenshot is kept.
