Reading up on GPT-5.6
7 deep · digging since jun 29
- Agentics / Tech Things: Tokenmaxxing is dead, long live tokenmaxxing
Tokenmaxxing was a deliberate strategy to force AI adoption at companies like Meta, and despite current rollbacks, it will return as agents achieve compounding correctness and loop-based workflows.
Takes
I think loops were a short-lived patch for models that couldn't reliably keep working on long problems until they hit a defined goal Fable and GPT-5.6 (and probably Kimi K3 as well) can just do that out of the box, unassisted
@simonw
Just gave GPT 5.6 Sol: - Root access on a brand new Mac mini - Fully functional iOS app live on the App store - MCP accessible email address - @meow bank account and @agentcardai debit card with $350 Running nonstop with a single directive: "Make as much money as possible"
@AlexReibman
Choosing GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, or Luna in Codex
@pvncher
My favorite use case of GPT-5.6? Video Editing. Drop MP4 -> "Make 60 second hype video" -> Enjoy Full tutorial on yt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAWbvEwUoiI
@clairevo
You can now vibe code a language model. From a single prompt, GPT‑5.6 built the entire training pipeline and trained a model from scratch on my iMessage history. Locally on my Mac. It now generates replies in my writing style.
@skirano
What The New 100x Agentic Engineer Looks Like In The Era Of Fable & GPT 5.6
@systematicls