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Meta's Muse Wonder struggles in Pokémon Red, costing $96 vs Opus 5.5's $8.44 win

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Meta's new frontier model, Muse Wonder, demonstrated significant cost inefficiencies during a live run of Pokémon Red, spending nearly $100 and hours of gameplay stuck in Viridian Forest. In contrast, Opus 5.5 completed the same game, including defeating the first gym leader Brock, for a fraction of the cost at $8.44. This stark difference highlights a potential gap between Meta's claims of progress toward personal superintelligence and the practical performance of its new model, raising questions about its real-world utility beyond benchmark scores. AI

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Meta's Muse Wonder struggles in Pokémon Red, costing $96 vs Opus 5.5's $8.44 win

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    The most expensive Pokémon run i've ever seen cost $96.06 and never left the first forest. Somebody ran Muse Wonder, Meta's new frontier model, at Pokémon Red o

    The most expensive Pokémon run i've ever seen cost $96.06 and never left the first forest. Somebody ran Muse Wonder, Meta's new frontier model, at Pokémon Red on launch day. It picked its starter by turn 20 and reached Viridian City by turn 59, right on pace with the fastest agen…

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  2. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/VibeCodyH ·

    Meta's new Muse Wonder cost $96 on Pokémon Red and never got past the first forest. Opus 5.5 cost $8.44 and beat Brock.

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Muse Wonder came out, so I ran it live. It got its starter by turn 20 and reached Viridian City by turn 59, close to the fastest models. It made it into Viridian Forest on turn 208 and spent the last 792 turns there.</p> <p>It cost $96.06. Opus 5…

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