# OpenAI's Astra beats specialized robotics models, Will DePue says

> Original title: the OpenAI robotics result where Astra decimated specialized robotics models is deeply surprising and has greater implications for ML i t...

- Source: will depue
- Published: 2026-10-31T22:37:55.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/iibq9uo8pdsvkek8bsw5hdyie
- Original: https://x.com/willdepue/status/2116660970299023726

## Summary

Will DePue, an OpenAI researcher, says OpenAI's robotics result, where Astra decimated specialized robotics models, is deeply surprising. He says it could imply that transfer improves with scale, a fundamental algorithmic shift, or something else, and he does not know which.

## Post

the OpenAI robotics result where Astra decimated specialized robotics models is deeply surprising and has greater implications for ML i think. it implies something, i don’t know what: that transfer is increasing with scale, or some fundamental algo shift, or something else

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