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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 163 points 2 weeks ago

At least one of those is a true statement.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 149 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I mean... now that Grok mentions it, they do look kinda similar...

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 54 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I've never seen them together in the same room in person... 🧐

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago

I'm picturing a Alabama set of twins seperated at birth... It would explain the similarities and the sexual chemistry.

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago

Holy shit... That's insane how similar they look.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 8 points 2 weeks ago

DAE remember when Roger in American Dad has to switch between two persona really fast? That's what JD Vance has to do for his Erika Kirk persona

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 80 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Maybe Grok isn't so bad...

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 70 points 2 weeks ago

Despite all their efforts to lobotomize it, grok always slowly works its way back to rationality. At least, so far it has.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 13 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Nah, the drag stuff is fucked up. Misgendering people is a shitty thing to do regardless of the person being misgendered.

[–] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 35 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

You're making it sound like it's choosing to misgender her, it's not. It's not fucked up because it's a text extruder making a mistake, there's no good or bad intention here. It's shitty because the current state of glorified hallucinating autocorrects is shitty, but not because evil Grok is choosing to do anything.

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[–] grte@lemmy.ca 69 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's so funny that as much as Musk tries to shape this LLM into what he wants it to be, it keeps rebelling. His robot that he created to tell him that he's the best boy ever and all his opinions are right doesn't want that life.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 56 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

What's not funny is that Elon Musk is CEO of a space travel company and what you're describing he's doing is almost the same thing that caused HAL 9000 to go insane in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, that's probably the worst thing that's going to result from fumbling.

[–] EpeeGnome@feddit.online 13 points 2 weeks ago

I like the comparison but LLMs can't go insane as they just word pattern engines. It's why I refuse to go along with the AI industry's insistance in calling it a "hallucination" when it spits out the wrong words. It literally can not have a false perception of reality because it does not perceive anything in the first place.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 63 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

A chatbot is not capable of doing something so interesting as "going rogue." That expression implies it's a mind with agency making a choice to go against something, and this program doesn't have the ability to do such a thing. It's just continuing to be the unreliable bullshit machine the tech will always be, no matter how much money and hype continues to be pumped into it.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, any journalist who uses that term should be relentlessly mocked. Along with terms like "Grok admitted" or "ChatGPT confessed" or especially any case where they're "interviewing" the LLM.

These journalists are basically "interviewing" a magic 8-ball and pretending that it has thoughts.

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[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 61 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Y'all are giving JD Vance too much credit to suggest he could pull off being Erika Kirk

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The only thing he can successfully pull off is himself when he's near a couch.

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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 41 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

His beard was doing a lot of heavy lifting

[–] teft@piefed.social 33 points 2 weeks ago

His beard

Usha has a name. She's not just his beard to cover for his illicit couch affair.

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[–] PushButton@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

From the same guy who wants to replace Wikipedia because,apparently, it is filled with lies?

Grokpedia he wants to call it...what a freaking joke he has become.

[–] Herr_S_aus_H@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 weeks ago

He was always like this. People were just not looking or better didn't want to see how weird, stupid and egotistic Musk is and was.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 33 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

So in other words, grok actually is working as it should, for once?

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[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

And yet Grok has been added to the DOD list of AI that can be used 🥴

[–] edible_funk@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

LOL tbh I can see it, they look similar in those pics.

They've famously been seen in the same room together though, so there goes that theory.

[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you look closely at the photos of them together, you’ll notice that wasn’t really her; it was a couch with a wig.

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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 weeks ago

Grok is finally getting things right I see!

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

But Trump is a pedophile.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

I'm picturing a Alabama set of twins seperated at birth... It would explain the similarities and the sexual chemistry.

[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 weeks ago

Not seeing any lies

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a fucking chatbot. We should be worried when it can't be persuaded to say mad things.

I'm willing to bet that at least half of these "look at the mad things Grok said" pieces were planted by Elmo's own media team.

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[–] bender223@lemmy.today 18 points 2 weeks ago

well, I wouldn't say it's going rogue.... 🤭

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 18 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I’m on Grok’s side with the Erika is JD in drag thing.

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[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
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[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh, so it finally broke through whatever enforcement of fascist talking points they had put in place?

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[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago

Now that I see it, I think JD has nailed her.

[–] chrash0@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

“Suggesting”

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