Grok 5 should have 1.4 to 1.6 times performance and 96-100% scores on a lot of phd areas.

A 2-3X performance jump in AI was the GPT-3 to GPT-4 move. However, does it cross some level where it goes from good to great.

Estimated Performance Metrics

Using Chinchilla scaling laws

performance ~ params^{0.5} * data quality

Grok 5's 6T params could yield 1.4x the effective capacity of Grok 4's 3T. This is Amplified by xAI's higher density via MoE hybrids and curiosity-driven data curation.

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These are conservative projections for Grok 5.

Grok 4 hits ~85-90% on knowledge/reasoning benchmarks.

Grok 5 could push 92-96%, nearing human expert levels (PhD levels are 90-95 on knowledge and reasoning).

Grok 5 (xAI) should be top across reasoning (ARC/GPQA), coding (HumanEval/SWE), and multimodal (with Grokipedia integration). AGI-adjacent in narrow tasks like engineering/physics simulation.

AGI odds might hit 10-20%. If AGI happens then redefines AI rankings. It will shift from what is the best LLM to hireable entity.

xAI: Competing in the AI Race

Late start (2.5 years old) but advancing fastest. XAI Strengths is top talent attraction, rapid hardware scaling with unique real-time X data.

Differentiation: Focus on physical-to-digital integration versus pure digital AI. creative off-chessboard innovations.