Benchmarking AI: Grok 4's Competitive Landscape

This chapter explores the performance of various AI models with a particular focus on Grok 4, comparing it to competitors like Claude and O3 in tasks such as physics and coding. It critiques the reliability of benchmarks, emphasizing the importance of real-world effectiveness over numerical metrics, and illustrates Grok 4's strengths and weaknesses across different performance evaluations. The discussion also highlights the implications of benchmark obsession and presents detailed insights through radar charts and performance scoreboards.