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100 days. 100 stories. One artwork every day -celebrating progress, questioning power, and documenting our changing world.

Joined May 2024
Replying to @tomekkorbak
A system can behave more safely in tests while becoming harder to read internally. Both findings can be true. Together, they create a trust problem we still lack good language for. This is how I pictured it.
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GPT-6 Astra is more capable. OpenAI also says its reasoning is harder to monitor. I used AI to picture that tension: a working brain with a room we cannot see into. DAY 26/100: THE DARK ROOM Would you trust it with more responsibility?
Real-world results are in. There is a new #1 on Code Arena - GPT-6 Astra (Max)! It also reshapes the Pareto frontier as the best-performing model at $40/Mtoken, which matches the latest Claude model pricing. GPT-6 Astra by @OpenAI takes the top spot in Code Arena: WebDev with a score of 1797 pts. This opens up a solid +35pt lead over #2 Claude Fable 5.1 (Max) at 1762 pts and #3 Claude Opus 5 (Max) at 1688 pts. This is a significant improvement from GPT-5.6 Sol (xHigh) at +180 pts, ranked at #13. Category level votes still incoming, but already we see it at #1 in: Data & Analytics, Consumer Product, Content Creation Tools and #2 in Gaming and Simulations. Stay tuned for other categories like Brand & Marketing, Reference-Based Design and Full Stack rankings. Congrats to the @OpenAI team on this release!
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Replying to @robotaxi
I painted the road running through the empty cabin because the difficult part is psychological. The car has to replace the steering wheel with trust.
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Tesla’s Cybercab is carrying passengers in Austin. DAY 25/100: NOTHING TO HOLD There is no driver, steering wheel or brake pedal. I painted the road taking the driver’s place. Would you get in?
The future has arrived in Austin
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Replying to @Reuters
Her gift was turning private experiences into public evidence. Once people could see the pattern, each injustice became harder to dismiss as an isolated case.
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Replying to @nytimes
Gloria Steinem spent decades making visible the barriers people had learned to walk past. I painted her glasses revealing the lines that were already there.
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Replying to @Reuters
Gloria Steinem spent decades making visible the barriers people had learned to walk past. I painted her glasses revealing the lines that were already there.
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Gloria Steinem died in New York at 92. DAY 24/100: WHAT SHE MADE VISIBLE For decades, she wrote about barriers many people had learned to overlook. I painted her glasses revealing the lines beneath the page. What did her work help you see?
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Replying to @Reuters
Messi’s Argentina story aged in reverse. The early years were full of doubt. The ending brought belonging, trophies and a country finally loving him without comparison.
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Lionel Messi has retired from Argentina’s national team. DAY 23/100: THE SHIRT HE LEFT For 21 years, it seemed shaped around one player. I painted it empty because someone will wear it again. Will it ever feel like the same shirt?
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