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GPT-6 Astra plays World of Warcraft for the first time with agent-wow

76 points · 59 comments · almostlit

singron · 1790958873 · focus · HN ↗
The initial prompt was to complete all quests in the starting zone. I'm assuming it was able to do that? It's not actually explicitly said anywhere.
I'm also curious if it stopped after that goal or if it kept playing.
1. thevinter · 1790958946 · focus · HN ↗
  > I was initially skeptical that this would work. And if it did, it would require hours to complete with dead ends along the way.
  > But it turns out it completed the task easily in 40 minutes with 0 deaths and minimal complications.
  1. singron · 1790973112 · focus · HN ↗
    Reading fail! I re-read the conclusion a few times. I just needed to re-read the following paragraph!
2. almostlit · 1791008674 · focus · HN ↗
  Yup! As mentioned by thevinter it was able to easily complete it in 40 minutes. It also did stop after the quest chain was completed and logged out in sen'jin village (the next stop after the starting zone).
  I uploaded the full gameplay session here: <a href="https://youtu.be/8NmmFdREk5s?si=2YSXLwoYFR6eonBa&t=2340" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/8NmmFdREk5s?si=2YSXLwoYFR6eonBa&t=2340
  If you skip to the end at 39 minutes you can see it finishing its run and logging out.

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