OpenAI's o3 model, supposedly the smartest AI tech created to date, is currently playing through Pokemon Red in an attempt to prove just how smart it is. However, after taking 80 hours to secure the original Pokemon game's first two gym badges, all anyone has done so far is roast the model's snail-paced attempts to become a Pokemon master.
OpenAI's Twitter account directed those interested in the playthrough to Twitch when it began last week. Dexerto then reported on AI's progress, noting that, after 80 hours of gameplay, all the smarter version of ChatGPT had managed to do was beat Pokemon Red's first two gym leaders, earning the Boulder Badge from Brock, and the Cascade Badge from Misty.
You can get at least one Destined Rivals card right now, even if you still haven't managed to get any items from the new expansion.
Just to rub salt in the wounds, OpenAI chose Bulbasaur as its partner Pokemon. Before you ridicule it for not choosing the best starter - it's Charmander, by the way - the reason its Bulbasaur selection makes all this so much worse is because that's the best Pokemon to have at your disposal for those...
