Netizens are up in arms: GPT-6 Astra "rewired the brain" of Qwen, math scores surged 5 times

What happened: MIT CSAIL researchers published eight experiments testing whether OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra can directly read and write neural network weights, a method they call Weight-Space Programming. Why it matters: The team says the edit mainly cut the model's reasoning loops, letting it use existing ability. Co-authors argue LLMs could take over weight-level debugging, though Meta researcher Lucas Beyer noted the prompt already pointed GPT-6 Astra toward the repetition issue.

MIT CSAIL researchers published eight experiments testing whether OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra can directly read and write neural network weights, a method they call Weight-Space Programming.

The team says the edit mainly cut the model's reasoning loops, letting it use existing ability. Co-authors argue LLMs could take over weight-level debugging, though Meta researcher Lucas Beyer noted the prompt already pointed GPT-6 Astra toward the repetition issue.