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AI benchmark tests GPT-5.6 Pro, Fable, Kimi K3, and Inkling on historical town generation

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Ethan Mollick has updated his AI benchmark, which tests models' ability to procedurally generate historical harbor towns in a single file, to include GPT-5.6 Pro, Fable, Kimi K3, and Inkling. Users can interact with these simulations through a web application, with Mollick finding the results surprisingly indicative of the models' capabilities. AI

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AI benchmark tests GPT-5.6 Pro, Fable, Kimi K3, and Inkling on historical town generation

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  1. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · emollick.bsky.social ·

    My benchmark where I have AIs create one file procedurally-generated harbor towns through history in one shot now has GPT-5.6 Pro, Fable, Kimi K3, and Inkling.

    My benchmark where I have AIs create one file procedurally-generated harbor towns through history in one shot now has GPT-5.6 Pro, Fable, Kimi K3, and Inkling. You can play with all the simulations: ai-harbor-town-gallery.netlify.app#kimi-k3 I think they are surprisingly indica…

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