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Comparing Zero1 to Past Models: A Quantum Leap in Performance
The progress from GPT-4 to Zero1 is staggering, particularly in fields like competitive mathematics and programming. While GPT-4 averaged around 11–13% accuracy in these areas, Zero1’s reasoning enhancements have pushed this figure beyond 80%. This nearly six-fold improvement underscores the rapid acceleration in AI reasoning skills and indicates that models built with sophisticated reasoning architectures can outperform previous generations by a wide margin.
This swift progress echoes predictions from early AI experts who estimated that technology advancement pathways would take decades—yet breakthroughs like this have condensed those timelines dramatically.