LLM · XAI RORY'S SURPRISE SLEEPER PICK
Grok.
- Episodes
- 08
- First seen
- 056 NOV 16 2025
- Last seen
- 079 AUG 23 2026
- Spoken mentions
- 86
The Fast Hours take
Rory and Drew were wary after Grok Imagine's early live test turned up a stray NSFW slip and the same 'flux face' look as other models (Ep. 56), but Grok won them over from there. Rory calls it his surprise 'sleeper' pick — fast, cheap and aesthetically closer to Midjourney than any other model (Ep. 66) — and it became his default for quick, lower-stakes tests before spending credits on slower, pricier generations like Seedance (Ep. 77, 79).
Into it 5Mixed 1 Not sold 0Discussed 2 oldest → newest
Receipts about Grok
“Reve is really good. Grok is actually like my sleeper. I was just like awesome.”
“I like how Grok does it. I mean, it's fine. I feel like it's a risk for them a little bit if they get rid of batch four and your entire user base who loves you is using batch four and everyone likes batch four.”
Every episode with Grok
- Episode 79 AUG 23 2026 AI Workflows Brands Actually Pay Five Figures For Rory's go-to fast, cheap model for quick tests before spending credits on slower, pricier generations. Into it
- Episode 77 AUG 09 2026 How to Build an AI Universe That Compounds His cheaper go-to for lower-stakes generations instead of spending Seedance credits on every single test. Into it
- Episode 66 APR 19 2026 Midjourney V8.1 Review & Reactions + Wen Edit Model? Called Rory's 'sleeper' pick — fast, cheap, and aesthetically closer to Midjourney than any other model. Into it
- Episode 63 FEB 19 2026 Midjourney V8 Countdown + Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0 and Higgsfield Fallout Referenced for its mass low-res create flow, and as the platform competitor that got Higgsfield removed from X. Discussed
- Episode 60 JAN 01 2026 Fast Hours 2025 Wrapped: Tools, Shifts, and Wake Up Calls Called a 2026 sleeper pick: best for real-time research and sentiment queries, though overly verbose by default. Into it
- Episode 58 DEC 03 2025 Midjourney Edit Models + Nano Banana Pro: Eating Lunches in the Upside Down Its continuous-scroll 'flow state' additive prompting compared favorably to Midjourney's smart search for iterative refinement. Into it
- Episode 57 NOV 22 2025 Two Midjourney Drops in 48 Hours + Nano Banana Pro Pulls Up with a Nuke Rory used Grok's image output as a test case for layering refracted, stacked typography over an existing image. Discussed
- Episode 56 NOV 16 2025 Go Flux Yourself: Midjourney Still Runs the Realism Game Grok Imagine · Live infinite-scroll test: Sora-style endless variants, auto 'make video,' a live NSFW slip, and recognizable 'flux face.' Mixed
Quick answers
When did Fast Hours first talk about Grok?
Grok first came up in Episode 56, “Go Flux Yourself: Midjourney Still Runs the Realism Game”, published November 16, 2025.
What is the latest Fast Hours episode about Grok?
The most recent is Episode 79, “AI Workflows Brands Actually Pay Five Figures For” (August 23, 2026).
How many Fast Hours episodes discuss Grok?
8 episodes so far. In the 8 we have logged in detail, Rory and Drew were into it 5 times, mixed 1, not sold 0, and simply discussed it 2.
