In an incredible Pokémon battle, AI star GPT-5 successfully completed the classic game "Pokémon Crystal" with an impressive 9517 steps, defeating the ultimate opponent in the game, Red. This battle not only made the live stream erupt, with viewers flooding the chat with "GG" (Good Game), but also pushed GPT-5's efficiency to a new peak.
According to statistics from Twitter user Clad3815, GPT-5's number of steps to complete the game is far less than its predecessor o3's 27040 steps, which was nearly three times that of GPT-5. This means that GPT-5 could complete this challenge in just 202 hours, while o3 needed almost a month. Clearly, the speed of AI is amazing.
In the game, players need to start from a town, collect badges, challenge gym leaders, and finally face Red. GPT-5, like Ash, moved along the main story line, collecting all 16 badges in just 9205 steps, while o3 used 22334 steps. More astonishingly, from collecting all badges to defeating Red, GPT-5 only needed 312 steps, while o3 took nearly 5000 steps, improving efficiency by more than ten times.
In the challenges against the four champions and the champion, GPT-5 also showed high efficiency, using only 7329 steps, while o3 used over 18000 steps. It is worth noting that before completing "Pokémon Crystal", GPT-5 also successfully challenged "Pokémon Red" and achieved a decisive victory.
Co-founder of OpenAI, Greg Brockman, also praised this performance. GPT-5's performance in this Pokémon battle was remarkable. So, what makes GPT-5 so efficient? Clad3815 summarized several key factors:
1. 👁️ Fewer hallucinations, faster: GPT-5 showed significantly fewer "hallucinations" during the game, greatly increasing its speed.
2. 🧠 Strong spatial reasoning: GPT-5 rarely gets lost in complex areas, effectively planning action sequences, saving a lot of time.
3. 🎯 Superior goal planning: In executing goals and task planning, GPT-5 demonstrated excellent ability.
