Will Smith Spaghetti Benchmark: Stop Motion with GPT Image 2.5 and Astra

Melvin Vivas · X video post · 2026-09-09 · 0:17 · 393 views · Open on X

Topics: Industry Trends & Job Market · Level: beginner

Summary

A 17-second demo with no narration. It shows a new take on the informal "Will Smith eating spaghetti" benchmark, a meme used to track how much AI image and video generation has improved. The creator made a stop-motion clip by generating frames with GPT Image 2.5 and putting them together with a tool called Astra. It shows what current tools can do, but it doesn't explain how the clip was made.

Key points

• "Will Smith eating spaghetti" is a community meme benchmark. People use it to compare AI image and video generation quality over time.
• This version is a stop-motion clip, not a video generated directly from a prompt.
• The frames were made with GPT Image 2.5, the image model named in the quoted post.
• Astra was used with GPT Image 2.5 to turn the frames into the stop-motion clip. The post doesn't explain exactly what Astra did.
• The clip has no speech or tutorial. It's a showcase of what the tools can do, not a how-to.

Resources mentioned

• GPT Image 2.5 · tool · openai.com · free
  An OpenAI image generation model, used here to make the stop-motion frames of the spaghetti scene.
  Also in: Making Stop-Motion Videos with Codex, Astra and GPT Image 2.5 (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Making Stop-Motion Videos with Codex, Astra and GPT Image 2.5 (Melvin Vivas on X · notes)
• GPT-6 Astra · tool · openai.com · paid
  The model announced in the quoted launch post, pitched as the developer's most capable model for work, coding, science and cybersecurity, and able to operate a computer.
  Also in: Customizing Your Coding Setup with Pi Coding Agent Extensions (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Pi Agent Council: Ask Multiple LLMs in Parallel and Compare Their Advice (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Use GPT-6.1 Sol by Default, Save Astra for Emergencies (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Dots in ChatGPT: always-on AI agents that you hand responsibilities to (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 49 more

Try this

• Make a short stop-motion clip by generating consistent frames with an image model and putting them together as an animation.