Gemma 4 31B Matches Gemini 3 Deep Think on Complex Security Puzzle: Smaller Open Models Closing the Gap

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An r/LocalLLaMA post with 135 upvotes shows Gemma 4 (31B) correctly identifying a deliberately unwinnable security paradox that Gemini 3 Deep Think completely fell for. The poster called it evidence that smaller open models are 'getting scary good,' demonstrating that the intelligence gap between frontier closed models and open-weight alternatives continues to narrow on reasoning-heavy tasks.