A robot is sprinting towards you. Do you want it running on Claude or Grok?

Usu 215 points 183 comments June 17, 2026
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aussiegreenie

It is not running on either but Seedance, so who cares?

pigeons

The text seems deliberately stripped of llmisms that flag detection. However, not a single line shakes the smell off

delichon

If the robot appears to be bringing me a taco, it would probably penetrate all of my defenses. Grok is currently more likely than Claude to arrive with the taco without being stopped by an export control directive.

fragmede

A self driving car is taking you to the hospital. Do you want it to follow the speed limit and all road safety laws? Claude or Grok?

johnwheeler

Claude--even though it's smarter, it's probably not insane.

peterspath

Quite an interesting way of testing models and showcasing differences between them. Enjoyed the read :)

sublinear

This is interesting, but not sure if it's in the way the author intended. People experience the world through the tools they're most familiar with. For some people, that's throwing money at things. I suppose from a sufficiently high level perspective everything is gambling. Back when Battlebots was a big deal, I never once considered what it would feel like to be the management or sponsorship of those teams. I only cared about the actual battling of bots.

JimsonYang

Grok-assasin Claude-priest/healer Deepseek-expendable mini units

exabrial

A moron is sprinting towards you. Do you want them swiping through TikTok or Instagram?

Groxx

I parry the taco and use Vicious Mockery.

themafia

The question is: "Do you want to be holding a Mossberg or a Beretta?"

smallerfish

> I dropped eleven LLMs into a 2D battle royale and made them play 30 games. One won 43% of the matches. Three never won a single game. The cheapest model in the lineup beat the most expensive one by 27x on cost per win. Please learn how to write with AI without giving away that it was written by AI.

bitwize

I don't care what it's running, only that I have sufficient ordnance to stop it.

antonvs

Grok for sure. It’ll notice I’m not Jewish or Black. First they came for…

pianopatrick

Ya know, maybe we could just not have robots that sprint. Seems people would be more willing to accept living amongst robots that are slow and that humans could easily over power.

stevenalowe

How about thin ice?

lanewinfield

Cost per kill ("CPK" in industry lingo) is a dark phrase that feels disturbingly within reach of some of these companies.

a_victorp

I wish the author would open source the full benchmark. I'm curious how sensitive the results would be to small changes in the benchmark initial conditions

zzzeek

claude because it would be more ethical, grok because I can just trip it and it will shatter into pieces

yieldcrv

Grok It has something actionable that will match its actions

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