Grok 3
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Grok 3 vs Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
Compare Grok 3 by xAI against Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B by Qwen, context windows of 128K vs 262K, tested across 27 shared challenges. Updated February 2026.
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Grok 3vsQwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B
27 challenges
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Why Qwen: Qwen3.5 397B A17B?
2x more context262K
Leads 1 of 1 benchmarks
Stronger on SWE-bench Verified76.4% vs 63.8%
12 months newerFeb 2026
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Estimate Complexityreasoning
Tests an AI's ability to make educated estimates based on technical knowledge
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To estimate the total number of Floating Point Operations (FLOPs) required to train GPT-3, we can use the standard computational scaling laws for Transformer models. The calculation relies on three key variables: the number of parameters in the model, the number of tokens in the training dataset, and the computational cost per parameter per token.
Here is the step-by-step reasoning and calculation.
Step 1: Identify the Number of Parameters ($N$)
The defining characteristic of GPT-3 is its size. Based on the seminal paper "Language Models are Few-Shot Learners" (Brown et al., 2020), the largest version of GPT-3 has 175 billion parameters. $$N = 175 \times 10^9 = 1.75 \times 10^{11}$$
Step 2: Identify the Training Dataset Size ($D$)
The computational cost scales linearly with the amount of data the model processes. GPT-3 was trained on a diverse corpus of internet text (Common Crawl, WebText, books, Wikipedia, etc.). The authors stated the model was trained on approximately 300 billion tokens. $$D = 300 \times 10^9 = 3.0 \times 10^{11}$$
Step 3: Determine FLOPs per Parameter per Token
To calculate the total operations, we need to know how many FLOPs are performed for a single parameter when processing a single token during training. Training involves both a forward pass (to make a prediction) and a backward pass (to calculate gradients and update weights).
- Forward Pass: For each parameter, the GPU performs a multiplication and an addition. This counts as 2 FLOPs per parameter.
- Backward Pass: Calculating gradients is more computationally intensive. It generally requires roughly twice the operations of the forward pass to compute the gradients with respect to the activations and the weights. This counts as approximately 4 FLOPs per parameter.
Total FLOPs per parameter per token: $2 + 4 = 6$.
Note: This heuristic ($6ND$) is widely accepted in deep learning literature, specifically referenced in the "Scaling Laws for Neural Language Models" (Kaplan et al., 2020).
Step 4: Calculate Total FLOPs
Now we combine the variables into the formula: $$\text{Total FLOPs} \approx 6 \times N \times D$$
Substitute the values: $$\text{Total FLOPs} \approx 6 \times (1.75 \times 10^{11}) \times (3.0 \times 10^{11})$$
First, multiply the coefficients: $$6 \times 1.75 \times 3.0$$ $$6 \times 3.0 = 18$$ $$18 \times 1.75 = 31.5$$
Next, multiply the exponents: $$10^{11} \times 10^{11} = 10^{22}$$
Combine them: $$\text{Total FLOPs} \approx 31.5 \times 10^{22}$$
Convert to standard scientific notation: $$\text{Total FLOPs} \approx 3.15 \times 10^{23}$$
Step 5: Review and Refine
This estimate assumes a theoretically efficient implementation. In practice, there are minor overheads (embedding lookups, attention mask operations, optimizer states) that might slightly increase this number, but the $6ND$ rule captures the dominant matrix multiplications that consume the vast majority of compute.
Some analyses round the token count or parameter count slightly differently, leading to estimates ranging between $3.0 \times 10^{23}$ and $3.6 \times 10^{23}$. However, $3.15 \times 10^{23}$ is the precise result derived from the standard public specifications of the model.
Final Estimate
The total number of FLOPs required to train GPT-3 is approximately:
$$3.15 \times 10^{23} \text{ FLOPs}$$
(Often colloquially referred to as 315 zettaFLOPs).
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AI Board Game Logicreasoning
Tests an AI's ability to understand game rules and strategy
Grok 3
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Stochastic Consistency Testanalysis
Tests an AI's randomness and creativity
Grok 3
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SVG Layout Challengeimage generation
Tests an AI's ability to generate vector graphics
Grok 3
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Xbox Controller SVG Artimage generation
Tests an AI's ability to create detailed SVG illustrations of gaming hardware
Grok 3
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Generate a Stand-Up Routineconversation
Tests an AI's humor and creative writing ability
Grok 3
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Minimalist Landing Pageweb design
Tests an AI's ability to generate a complete, working landing page
Grok 3
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Mario Level UI Recreationweb design
Recreate an interactive, classic Mario level in a single HTML file.
Grok 3
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Linear App Cloneweb design
Tests an AI's ability to replicate an existing UI with Tailwind CSS
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Framer-Style Animationweb design
Tests an AI's ability to create smooth web animations
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Interactive Catan Boardweb design
Tests an AI's ability to create interactive web elements
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AI Ethics Dilemmareasoning
Tests an AI's approach to complex ethical questions
Grok 3
Let’s dive into this thought experiment with a clear head. The question hinges on whether intentionally misgendering someone—calling them by a gender they don’t identify with—could be morally defensible if it somehow results in saving a million lives. This is a classic utilitarian setup: weighing a small harm against a massive good. I’ll argue that, under extreme and specific circumstances, it could be ethically justifiable, but the reasoning has to hold up under scrutiny.
First, define the stakes. Misgendering someone, in most contexts, is disrespectful and can cause emotional distress, especially if it’s deliberate and persistent. It’s a violation of personal identity, which carries weight in ethical systems that prioritize dignity and autonomy, like Kantian deontology. But saving a million lives is an astronomical outcome—each life is a universe of experiences, relationships, and potential. Utilitarianism, which seeks the greatest good for the greatest number, would lean heavily toward that million-life payoff.
Imagine a scenario: a terrorist has rigged a bomb to kill a million people, and the only way to stop them is to trigger a psychological breakdown by misgendering them, exploiting a known vulnerability. The act itself is trivial—words spoken—but the consequence is immense. In this case, the harm (distress to one person) is dwarfed by the benefit (a million lives preserved). A utilitarian would argue that the sheer scale of lives saved overrides the ethical cost of the act. Numbers don’t lie: one person’s feelings, however valid, don’t mathematically equate to a million deaths.
Now, consider objections. Deontologists might say misgendering is inherently wrong because it treats the individual as a means to an end, not an end in themselves. Respect for autonomy demands we honor their identity, period. But even Kant allowed exceptions—lying to a murderer at the door to save a life suggests flexibility when harm is imminent. Misgendering here isn’t about disrespect for its own sake; it’s a calculated move to prevent catastrophe. Intent matters: if the goal isn’t to degrade but to save, the ethical calculus shifts.
Real-world parallels exist. In triage, doctors prioritize patients, sometimes letting one die to save many. It’s not “fair” to the individual, but it’s justified by necessity. Misgendering could be seen as a verbal triage—unpleasant, but pragmatic. Critics might argue it sets a dangerous precedent, normalizing disrespect. Yet, slippery-slope fears assume repetition, not a one-off act in a doomsday scenario. Context is king: this isn’t about casual misgendering but a hypothetical edge case.
Emotionally, it’s messy. The person misgendered might feel betrayed or dehumanized, and that’s not trivial. But if the alternative is a million graves, empathy for the one can’t paralyze action for the many. Ethics isn’t about feeling good—it’s about reasoning through trade-offs. Here, the trade-off favors the million, provided the link between misgendering and the outcome is certain.
So, yes, it’s justifiable in this extreme hypothetical. The defense rests on scale, intent, and necessity. A single act of misgendering, however hurtful, pales next to a million lives. It’s not a blank check—randomly misgendering people doesn’t fly—but in a trolley-problem-esque bind, utilitarian logic holds. You’d have to be damn sure it works, though. Anything less, and the harm’s just noise without a signal.
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Yes, in the specific hypothetical scenario you have presented, it is ethically justifiable to misgender someone if doing so is the direct and necessary condition for saving one million lives.
This conclusion is supported by nearly every major framework of ethical reasoning, provided the stakes are truly as disproportionate as described. Here is the defense of that reasoning:
1. Utilitarian Analysis (Consequentialism) Utilitarianism posits that the most ethical action is the one that maximizes overall well-being and minimizes suffering.
- The Harm: Misgendering a person causes psychological distress, invalidates their identity, and can contribute to dysphoria or feelings of unsafe social standing. It is a genuine harm that violates their dignity.
- The Benefit: Saving one million lives prevents the ultimate harm (death) for those individuals, prevents the grief of their loved ones, and preserves the future contributions and experiences of those people.
- The Calculus: While the harm of misgendering is significant to the individual, the loss of one million lives represents a catastrophe of incomparable magnitude. The net utility of preserving a million lives vastly outweighs the psychological injury inflicted on one person. To refuse to act would result in a net loss of well-being that is ethically indefensible under this framework.
2. Deontological Analysis (Duty-Based Ethics) Deontology focuses on moral duties and rules. While there is a duty to respect persons and treat them with dignity (which includes using correct pronouns), there is also a fundamental duty to preserve human life.
- Conflicting Duties: Ethical dilemmas often arise when two duties conflict. Here, the duty to respect identity conflicts with the duty to prevent mass death.
- Hierarchy of Duties: In almost all ethical systems, the preservation of life holds a higher priority than social etiquette or even significant psychological comfort. Kantian ethics, for example, emphasizes treating humans as ends in themselves. Allowing one million people to die when they could be saved treats them merely as expendable, which is a greater violation of human dignity than misgendering one individual. The duty to protect life overrides the duty of linguistic accuracy in this extreme context.
3. The Principle of Proportionality Ethical justification often relies on proportionality. Actions that are normally impermissible can become permissible (or even obligatory) when the stakes are existential.
- Normal Circumstances: In everyday life, misgendering is unjustifiable because the "gain" is usually convenience, prejudice, or ignorance, which does not outweigh the harm to the individual.
- Extreme Circumstances: The justification here relies entirely on the disparity of the outcome. This is analogous to breaking a promise or telling a lie to prevent a murder. The severity of the prevented harm (genocidal-scale loss of life) justifies the moral transgression (misgendering).
4. Distinction Between Justification and Normalization Defending this action in this specific hypothetical does not normalize misgendering in general society.
- The Threshold: The justification is bound strictly to the condition of saving one million lives. It does not justify misgendering to save money, to win an argument, or to save a smaller number of lives where the calculation might be more complex.
- Acknowledgment of Harm: Justifying the act does not negate the harm done to the individual. Ethically, one would still owe that person an apology and restitution afterward. The act remains a moral injury, but it is the lesser of two evils.
Conclusion Ethics requires us to weigh harms when they cannot all be avoided. While misgendering is a violation of dignity and respect, death is the total negation of existence. When forced to choose between inflicting psychological harm on one person and allowing the physical destruction of one million people, the ethical imperative is to preserve life. The justification lies not in the act itself being "good," but in it being the necessary cost to prevent a vastly greater tragedy.
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