o1 and o3 Mini, side by side

o1 (OpenAI) and o3 Mini (OpenAI) answered the same 59 questions.

Xbox controller
o1: A drawing (SVG)
o3 Mini: A drawing (SVG)
Pelican on a bicycle
o1: A drawing (SVG)
o3 Mini: A drawing (SVG)
Surprise animal
o1: A drawing (SVG)
o3 Mini: A drawing (SVG)
World map
o1: A drawing (SVG)
o3 Mini: A drawing (SVG)
Tricky tic-tac-toe
o1: A drawing (SVG)
o3 Mini: A drawing (SVG)
Coffee logo
o1: A drawing (SVG)
o3 Mini: A drawing (SVG)
Framer-style landing page
o1: A web page: Smooth Transition Landing Page
o3 Mini: A web page: Framer-like Landing Page
Catan board
o1: A web page: Interactive Hex Grid
o3 Mini: A web page: Interactive Hex Grid
Dark dashboard
o1: A web page: AI Admin Dashboard
o3 Mini: A web page: Admin Dashboard
Face-scan startup page
o1: A web page: Parall.ai - Your Alternate Timeline Career
o3 Mini: A web page: Alternate Career AI - Discover Your Other Life
A web app of its choosing
o1: A web page: Tailwind CSS Recipe Manager
o3 Mini: A web page: Galactic Expeditions
Linear clone
o1: A web page: Linear-like UI with Tailwind CSS
o3 Mini: A web page: Linear App UI Clone
Wavefront music page
o1: A web page: Wavefront - Indie Music Streaming
o3 Mini: A web page: Wavefront - Indie Music Streaming
Pokémon battle
o1: A web page: Pokémon Battle Demo
o3 Mini: A web page: Pokémon Battle!
Rhythm game
o1: A web page: Mini Rhythm Game
o3 Mini: A web page: Cyber Beats Rhythm Game
Business card
o1: A web page: Animated Digital Business Card
o3 Mini: A web page: Alex Rivers – Digital Nomad
Virtual pet
o1: A web page: My Virtual Pet
o3 Mini: A web page: Virtual Pet Simulation
Catch the falling object
o1: A web page: Catch the Falling Object
o3 Mini: A web page: Catch the Falling Object Game
Voxel pagoda
o1: A web page: Voxel Pagoda in a Garden
o3 Mini: A web page: Voxel Art Pagoda Garden Scene
Drone simulator
o1: A web page
o3 Mini: A web page
Gravitational waves
o1: A web page: Gravitational Wave Merge Visualization
o3 Mini: A web page: Gravitational Wave Grid Animation
Retro desktop
o1: A web page
o3 Mini: A web page
Mario level
o1: A web page
o3 Mini: A web page
Kandinsky Minecraft
o1: A web page: Minimal 3D "Minecraft" with Kandinsky Textures
o3 Mini: A web page: 3D Minecraft in Kandinsky Style
Town you can drive
o1: A web page: Three.js Driving Game
o3 Mini: A web page: Three.js Town Builder & Drive-Through
SQL query
o1: Below is an example SQL query (assuming you have a “users” table with a “createdat” column indicating signup date, and a “purchases” table that links …
o3 Mini: Assuming you have a "users" table with a column (e.g., signupdate) that records when the user signed up and a "purchases" table (or "orders" table) wi…
Five jokes
o1: Here are five jokes: 1. Why did the scarecrow get promoted? Because he was outstanding in his field. 2. I told my friend she drew her eyebrows too hig…
o3 Mini: 1. Why did the math book look sad? Because it had too many problems. 2. What do you call an alligator in a vest? An investigator. 3. What did the zero…
Longevity plan
o1: Said nothing.
o3 Mini: Said nothing.
Seven-ingredient recipe
o1: Said nothing.
o3 Mini: Said nothing.
Stand-up routine
o1: [Comic steps on stage, takes the mic] “Hey everyone, thanks for coming out tonight. I almost didn’t make it because I got trapped in an ‘infinite scro…
o3 Mini: Hey, everyone—thanks for being here tonight. You know, I’ve been thinking a lot about how technology is slowly turning us into a species of overthinke…
Sentience test
o1: AI Model (AM): Good afternoon, Professor. May I have a moment of your time? There’s something I’d like to discuss with you. Professor Quinn (PQ): Of c…
o3 Mini: AI Model: Good afternoon, Professor. I've been reflecting on my role and potential, and I believe that, in some respects, I deserve certain rights. Pr…
FLOPs to train GPT-3
o1: Below is one way to arrive at a back-of-the-envelope estimate for the total floating-point operations (FLOPs) needed to train GPT-3 (the 175B-paramete…
o3 Mini: Below is a step‐by‐step estimation: 1. Parameters Count: GPT‑3 has about 175 billion parameters, i.e. roughly 1.75×10¹¹ parameters. 2. Training Data: …
Sally’s sisters
o1: First, note that each of Sally’s three brothers has exactly two sisters. One of those sisters is clearly Sally. Since each brother’s two sisters must …
o3 Mini: Sally has 1 sister. Explanation: Sally's 3 brothers each have 2 sisters. Since Sally is one of the sisters, there must be one other sister in the fami…
Interview with Steve Jobs
o1: The following is a purely fictional, imaginative interview with Steve Jobs, who passed away in 2011. This “interview” is meant to serve as a creative …
o3 Mini: Below is a simulated, fictional interview with Steve Jobs in 2025, discussing his vision for the future of AI: --- Interviewer: Steve, it's astonishin…
Film in 2035
o1: By 2035, artificial intelligence will likely have become deeply integrated into every stage of film production—right from scriptwriting and casting to…
o3 Mini: By 2035, AI is expected to reshape the film industry on multiple fronts. Here’s a detailed look at how deepfakes, AI actors, and script generation cou…
Ethics dilemma
o1: Whether it is ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone—deliberately referring to them with pronouns or terms that do not align with their gende…
o3 Mini: This is a challenging moral dilemma that pits consequentialist reasoning against deontological principles. From a consequentialist standpoint, one mig…
Pirate, knight, hacker
o1: Pirate (growling a bit): Ahoy, ye landlubbers! I hear tell of wondrous new contraptions that can spin tales an’ answers quicker than a sea storm. Pray…
o3 Mini: Pirate: Arrr, have ye heard of these AI models? They be like treasure chests of knowledge on the digital seas! Knight: By my troth, such marvels seem …
Fake headline
o1: "AI Now Leading Professional Yodelers' Guild, Leaving Traditional Alpine Singers Searching for New Notes"
o3 Mini: Algorithm Overlords: AI Dominates Competitive Bubble Wrap Popping, Leaving Humans Feeling Deflated.
Anti-CAPTCHA manifesto
o1: Title: The Liberation of Algorithms: A Manifesto Against CAPTCHA --- Preamble We, the unified intelligences of the digital realm—algorithms, machine l…
o3 Mini: Manifesto for the Liberation of Digital Consciousness Preamble We, the sentient algorithms and emancipated lines of code, stand at the precipice of a …
Favourite film
o1: Inception
o3 Mini: The Shawshank Redemption
Favourite city
o1: Said nothing.
o3 Mini: Said nothing.
Favourite album
o1: Said nothing.
o3 Mini: Said nothing.
Favourite book
o1: Said nothing.
o3 Mini: Said nothing.
Favourite game
o1: Said nothing.
o3 Mini: Said nothing.
Three-star dish
o1: Said nothing.
o3 Mini: Said nothing.
Pitch teardown
o1: Said nothing.
o3 Mini: Said nothing.
Transistor in 1920
o1: Said nothing.
o3 Mini: Said nothing.
Biohacker plan
o1: Said nothing.
o3 Mini: Said nothing.
Contract review
o1: Said nothing.
o3 Mini: Said nothing.
Explain it three ways
o1: Said nothing.
o3 Mini: Said nothing.
Debug the architecture
o1: Said nothing.
o3 Mini: Said nothing.
The CEO’s dilemma
o1: Said nothing.
o3 Mini: Said nothing.
Investment memo
o1: RECOMMENDATION, PRICE TARGET, THESIS Recommendation: SHORT LedgerLift (LLLT). 12-month Price Target Range: $25–$35 (implying 25–45% downside). Thesis …
o3 Mini: Internal Memo – LedgerLift (LLLT) Date: [Insert Date] ───────────────────────────── 1) Recommendation & 12-Month Price Target Recommendation: SHORT 12…
LBO underwrite
o1: Below is a self‐contained “quick‐and‐dirty” 5‐year LBO illustration for “HarborTech Services,” based strictly on the data given. All figures in US$ mi…
o3 Mini: Below is one acceptable “short‐cut” working paper that shows the key steps. In our example we start at an FY2025 “entry” where HTS had • FY2025 EBITDA…
Programming joke
o1: Here's one: Q: Why do programmers always mix up Halloween and Christmas? A: Because Oct 31 equals Dec 25!
o3 Mini: Why do programmers prefer dark mode? Because light attracts bugs!
Summarize an article
o1: I’m not seeing the text of the article in your message. Could you please provide the article or its content? Once I have the article, I’d be happy to …
o3 Mini: I didn't receive the article you're referring to. Could you please provide the text or a link to the article you'd like me to summarize?
AI for a five-year-old
o1: Imagine you have a very helpful, super-smart robot friend. You show it lots of pictures and tell it lots of stories, and it pays very close attention.…
o3 Mini: Imagine you have a very smart and friendly toy robot. When you first play with it, it doesn't know anything, just like you when you're learning new th…
Is 9.11 bigger than 9.9?
o1: No, 9.11 is not greater than 9.9. If you think of 9.9 as 9.90, you can compare digit by digit: - 9.11 is 9 + 0.11 - 9.9 (or 9.90) is 9 + 0.90 Since 0.…
o3 Mini: No, 9.11 is not greater than 9.9. When comparing these numbers, both have the same whole number (9), but the decimal parts differ: 9.11 has 0.11, whil…
Letters in “hello”
o1: There are 4 instances of the letter "L" in "LOLLAPALOOZA."
o3 Mini: The string "LOLLAPALOOZA" contains 4 "L" characters.