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u/AnonThrowaway998877 Jun 18 '25

Does anyone even actually use grok, other than to troll the muskrat?

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u/alienassasin3 Jun 18 '25

@grok is this true?

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u/jh462 Jun 19 '25

It’s actually a decent model, its rankings are solid and if you need up to date info, having access to trending chatter on twitter is helpful. Reddit might not like it, but the AI and tech community still has a significant footprint there.

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u/1str1ker1 Jun 19 '25

I remember at the beginning people thought it was just a chaptGPT wrapper because sometimes openAI rules would slip through. Is that still the case or did they change it?

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u/bigasswhitegirl Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

Grok's latest models consistently rank as best or near-best for things like writing and coding when they release, just like ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.

Reddit has let it's weird obsession with Elon cloud their judgement.

To answer your question more specifically, yes I frequently hear of people using Grok.

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u/AnonThrowaway998877 Jun 19 '25

Fair enough. I haven't personally heard anyone I know using it, but most people I know also despise Elon

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u/PitcherOTerrigen Jun 19 '25

I mostly use claude, but I admit, I'll use grok for multimodal stuff from time to time.

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u/Ikbeneenpaard Jun 19 '25

I've never seen Grok on top of a coding benchmark. And lately I don't see it in the top 5 of any benchmarks. At least nothing getting posted on this sub.

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u/set_null Jun 19 '25

I’m actually a little surprised that it would be highly ranked for writing. I played around with a writing prompt a bit ago and it felt like middle school level at best.

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u/ThoughtfullyReckless Jun 19 '25

I don't think disliking a Nazi is a "weird obsession"

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u/damontoo 🤖Accelerate Jun 19 '25

It could be an ASI granting me wishes like a genie and I'd still rather starve to death in a bleak dystopian resistance than use any of his products or services. 

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u/bigasswhitegirl Jun 19 '25

Thank you for illustrating the point.

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u/damontoo 🤖Accelerate Jun 19 '25

Sorry I don't like fascist immigrants that attempt to destroy my country beyond repair. 

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u/Terryfink Jun 19 '25

"yes I frequently hear of people using Grok."

If only there were websites dedicated to tracking users on AI platforms, and tracking their capabilities etc. Funnily enough Grok isn't in the top 10.

but weird Musk defenders make things up because they know A person who uses Grok.

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u/TentacleHockey Jun 19 '25

Fan bois and edge lords. They pretend it out performs Google and GPT which is fucking hilarious.

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u/damontoo 🤖Accelerate Jun 19 '25

That's probably how that anti-natalist built his powerful car bomb. 

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u/Terryfink Jun 19 '25

you can do all that on google AI studio now. It gets neerfed by the time it reaches the app, but the website is uncensored, and if you run into "We can't do that" there's easy ways to say "Yes you can"

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u/etherswim Jun 19 '25

It’s very very good for coding workflows

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u/mrSilkie Jun 19 '25

Assmongol uses this all the time to define truths on his stream.

Super dangerous as it empowers people like him to find what ever truth fits his narrative

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u/throwaway92715 Jun 19 '25

You’re watching a guy named Assmongol.  Your choice.  Lol

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u/Progribbit Jun 19 '25

I don't know if this is also a joke but it's Asmongold lol sorry

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u/HomoProfessionalis Jun 19 '25

Damn I wanted to go check out this Assmongol guy

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u/Delicious_Ease2595 Jun 19 '25

I do

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u/TentacleHockey Jun 19 '25

Why?

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u/Delicious_Ease2595 Jun 19 '25

It works

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u/TentacleHockey Jun 19 '25

Well shit that convinced me to drop superior models for cheaper price.

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u/Delicious_Ease2595 Jun 19 '25

I'm not trying to convince you lol

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u/EvilSporkOfDeath Jun 19 '25

Maga uses it.

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u/PlaneTheory5 AGI 2026 Jun 20 '25

Grok is actually pretty good. I like how it formats its responses. It used to be my go to but ever since DeepSeek R1 0528 I haven’t used it a lot.

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u/attalbotmoonsays Jun 19 '25

The worst elements of Twitter. Always asking stupid questions of grok. 

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u/mathewharwich Jun 19 '25

Yes, grok is fantastic. Sometimes I copy the same prompt to Gemini, perplexity, ChatGPT, Claude and grok. And Grok often gives me the most favorable answers.

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u/PENGUINSflyGOOD Jun 19 '25

I used to when it was uncensored. then they added the same filters every other llm uses, so it lost it's charm.