# Code-Based Generation May Matter More Than Benchmarks by Alexander Wissner-Gross > "The qualitatively new capabilities in Opus 5.5 are more interesting than the benchmarks. It can generate procedural video, procedural animation, and procedural images. OpenAI has video and image models that generate pixels, while Anthropic appears to be taking a different approach in which code underlies everything. With Opus 5.5, you can generate a high-quality video or an interactive textured game procedurally rather than pixel by pixel." > **— Alexander Wissner-Gross**, *MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording or publication:** [MOONSHOTS Live at 36:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk7hdOwJj4&t=2177s) — The poster preserves the complete source object used in the research dossier; square brackets or ellipses, when present, are visible editorial repairs inherited from the reconciled source record. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live|Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live]] — preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument from which this Reminder was promoted. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Alexander Wissner-Gross|Alexander Wissner-Gross]] - [[wiki/Procedural Generation|Procedural Generation]] - [[wiki/AI Progress|AI Progress]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The qualitatively new capabilities in Opus 5.5 are more interesting than the benchmarks. It can generate procedural video, procedural animation, and procedural images. OpenAI has video and image models that generate pixels, while Anthropic appears to be taking a different approach in which code underlies everything. With Opus 5.5, you can generate a high-quality video or an interactive textured game procedurally rather than pixel by pixel." — Alexander Wissner-Gross, MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-alexander-wissner-gross-code-based-generation-matter-more-benchmarks ```