“Go Grok Yourself” by Zvi

That title is Elon Musk's fault, not mine, I mean, sorry not sorry:

Table of Contents

1. Release the Hounds.
2. The Expectations Game.
3. Man in the Arena.
4. The Official Benchmarks.
5. The Inevitable Pliny.
6. Heart in the Wrong Place.
7. Where Is Your Head At.
8. Individual Reactions.
9. Grok on Grok.

Release the Hounds

Grok 3 is out. It mostly seems like no one cares.

I expected this, but that was because I expected Grok 3 to not be worth caring about.

Instead, no one cares for other reasons, like the rollout process being so slow (in a poll on my Twitter this afternoon, the vast majority of people hadn’t used it) and access issues and everyone being numb to another similar model and the pace of events. And because everyone is so sick of the hype.

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Outline:

(00:36) Release the Hounds

(02:11) The Expectations Game

(06:45) Man in the Arena

(07:29) The Official Benchmarks

(09:35) The Inevitable Pliny

(12:01) Heart in the Wrong Place

(14:16) Where Is Your Head At

(15:10) Individual Reactions

(28:39) Grok on Grok

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First published:
February 19th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/WNYvFCkhZvnwAPzJY/go-grok-yourself

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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