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Grok 4 is Nearing AGI But... Can Elon Get Out Of The Way?

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Jul 11, 2025
Grok 4 just passed a major AI benchmark, raising questions about its potential and Elon Musk's credibility. Meanwhile, rumors swirl around GPT-5's imminent release and Google’s DeepMind starting human trials for AI-designed drugs. The podcast dives into the emerging Comet browser as a challenge to OpenAI and discusses YouTube's crackdown on AI-generated content. With ethical AI practices in focus, they explore the fun side of human-robot interactions and even consider a future with fully AI-generated movies. Is the world ready for smarter AI?
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INSIGHT

Grok 4 Achieves PhD-Level Knowledge

  • Grok 4 achieves PhD-level academic scores, but still struggles with some simple visual reasoning tasks.
  • This shows AI models can have extreme knowledge depth yet fumble easy problems humans solve effortlessly.
INSIGHT

Grok Heavy Uses Expert Consensus

  • Grok Heavy uses mixture of experts to spin up multiple reasoning models that converse and select the best answer.
  • This method is costly but effectively scales AI reasoning and improves intelligence.
ANECDOTE

McKay Wrigley's Grok Heavy Demo

  • McKay Wrigley paid for Grok Heavy and created impressive 3D scenes showing models forming words and emojis flawlessly.
  • Other AI models fail at such dynamic code manipulation to produce human-controlled visuals.
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