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A model beats Pokémon Emerald while thinking 71% of the time

development2026-02-02

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GPT-5.2 completed Pokémon Emerald after spending 71% of its time reasoning rather than acting.

Reported metric: 71% thinking

Reporting date: 2026-02-02 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to February 2, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A model beats Pokémon Emerald while thinking 71% of the time
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-02-02
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-02-gpt52-beats-pokemon
Claim: GPT-5.2 completed Pokémon Emerald after spending 71% of its time reasoning rather than acting.
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- Welcome to February 2, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-february-2-2026
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