Grok 4.20 is still deeply flawed
In a Nutshell
Grok 4.20 advances with fast parallel processing via four specialized agents mimicking multi-AI workflows, improving intelligence on tasks like gut health diagnosis (now correctly identifying dysbiosis from GI map results) but retains flaws like Elon-biased epistemics, cherrypicking sources, narcissistic reframing in debates, and hedging on hypotheticals. Use multiple AIs (Grok, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) in parallel for better results, prompting with null hypotheses or syllogisms to counter biases and US-centrism. China's rapid agent integration signals the shift to ubiquitous AI tools, though no model is flawless—debate them aggressively and aggregate outputs.
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Grok 4.20 is out. It is a big step up from older versions of Grok but still has some of the same problems. Stress test these models by giving them personal problems like chronic health issues and post-labor economics.
Grok is pretty smart and very quick. It spins up four different agents with different personalities that do research, talk to each other, and spit out an answer.
Parallel processing speeds it up and makes it more intelligent. Parallel processing uses multiple CPU cores, GPU cores, and applies to higher-level agents. Agents are tasked with research, argumentation, critical thinking, etc.
Grok Heavy has done something similar with 10 agents for about a year; Grok 4.20 is a cheaper distilled version with four agents.
Agents have different strengths and weaknesses, like in multi-agent frameworks. Agents excel at one task but struggle with balancing multiple tasks, similar to humans.
Example from first IT job at insurance company: claims processors, adjusters, risk management people—division of labor.
In coding agents: coding agents for writing and shipping code, security agents for vulnerabilities and best practices, agents for managing pull requests.
Grok provides a chamber of experts automatically for every task.
For the last 6 months, open Grok, Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT in parallel because they have different personalities, strengths, and weaknesses. Copy-paste the same message to all for research on personal issues or post-labor economics.
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