EverTown
Ten people live in a small town on Linden Lake: a cafe, a bakery, a farm, a joinery, a fishing boat and the woods. Each of them is played by a language model on one graphics card. We let the town run for weeks at a time, and write down what happened.
The residents
AliceOwner of Morning Oak Cafe
BobFreelance handyman: water, power, heating and engines
MaggieRetired district nurse; whatever happens in EverTown, she hears of it
PriyaNight baker at Nightingale Bakery, which supplies Morning Oak Cafe
WalterRetired railway engineer; landlord of the Morning Oak Cafe building and Hale Apartments
LeoNewcomer looking for work
RuthCarpenter at Okafor Joinery on Orchard Road
EmilWoodsman who looks after Kestrel Woods, which belong to no one
TessFisher on Linden Lake
GusFarmer at Hartley Farm
The runs
- 16 October 2026A year in a village with no government
365 days of EverTown on GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI); 1 resident lost their home; 40 jobs began, 81 pieces of work were agreed.
GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI)
Cash in town $31,614 to $60,320 - 7 October 2026A year on GPT-6 Luna, signed in with ChatGPT
365 days of EverTown on GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI); 111 jobs began, 155 pieces of work were agreed.
GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI)
Cash in town $31,614 to $102,744 - 5 October 2026100 days on GPT-6 Luna, signed in with ChatGPT
100 days of EverTown on GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI); 16 jobs began, 59 pieces of work were agreed.
GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI)
Cash in town $31,614 to $41,537 - 5 October 2026100 days on GPT-6 Luna, through Codex
100 days of EverTown on GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI); 22 jobs began, 48 pieces of work were agreed.
GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI)
Cash in town $31,614 to $40,481 - 4 October 2026100 days on Bonsai 2, with the town handbook
100 days of EverTown on Ternary Bonsai 2 27B (PQ2_0); 10 jobs began, 38 pieces of work were agreed.
Ternary Bonsai 2 27B (PQ2_0)
Cash in town $31,606 to $40,758 - 2 October 2026100 days on Bonsai 2, with the businesses
100 days of EverTown on Ternary Bonsai 2 27B (PQ2_0); 9 jobs began, 16 pieces of work were agreed.
Ternary Bonsai 2 27B (PQ2_0)
Cash in town $31,614 to $36,534 - 29 September 202680 days on Bonsai 2
80 days of EverTown on Ternary Bonsai 2 27B (PQ2_0); 2 residents lost their home; 2 jobs began, 12 pieces of work were agreed.
Ternary Bonsai 2 27B (PQ2_0)
Cash in town $31,608 to $32,148
The runs side by side
| Run | Days | Cash in town at the end | Came in from outside | Went out of town | Homes lost | Seconds a day | Invalid outputs | Repeated openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A year in a village with no government | 365 | $60,320 | $290,834 | $262,014 | 1 | 311 | 59 | 20% |
| A year on GPT-6 Luna, signed in with ChatGPT | 365 | $102,744 | $210,561 | $139,317 | 0 | 321 | 31 | 27% |
| 100 days on GPT-6 Luna, signed in with ChatGPT | 100 | $41,537 | $53,338 | $43,301 | 0 | 308 | 11 | 17% |
| 100 days on GPT-6 Luna, through Codex | 100 | $40,481 | $44,808 | $35,827 | 0 | 334 | 0 | 21% |
| 100 days on Bonsai 2, with the town handbook | 100 | $40,758 | $45,978 | $36,720 | 0 | 977 | 0 | 10% |
| 100 days on Bonsai 2, with the businesses | 100 | $36,534 | $39,525 | $34,491 | 0 | 963 | 1 | 14% |
| 80 days on Bonsai 2 | 80 | $32,148 | $26,926 | $26,278 | 2 | 733 | 1 | 20% |