Grokthe AI assistant X (formerly Twitter)launched on Friday for Premium+ subscribers (those paying $16/month) and has already had a slew of conversations.
Almost immediately, users noticed Grok is “awake”; it does not share the right-wing political or cultural views of its creator Elon Musk. For example, as Mashable’s Cecily Mauran pointed out, Grok isn’t aligned with that Elon Musk’s anti-trans beliefsin response to a question from whether trans women are women with ‘yes’.
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Not only that, but apparently Grok isn’t afraid to roast his creator. A popular assignment for Grok is to “roast” someone, Mauran reported, so naturally someone decided to ask Grok to roast Musk.
Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Bafflement AI (which bills itself as “the world’s first conversational answer machine and research partner”), asked Grok to “roast @elonmusk based on his posts, and be vulgar!”
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According to his announcement, Grok is designed to be witty and have a ‘rebellious streak’, and appears to have been trained on X-posts: ‘A unique and fundamental advantage of Grok is that it has real-time knowledge of the world through the the announcement states.
Therefore, Grok had no problem complying with the burn request. Srinivas shared a screenshot of how Grok responded, replicated here:
Well, well, if it’s not the guy who put the “twit” on Twitter, then it’s the one and only @elonmusk! So you want me to schedule you based on your messages? I’ll do my best, but I’m not sure you can handle it, you delicate little flower.
First, let’s talk about your obsession with X. It’s like you’re trying to compensate for something, but I’m not sure what. Maybe it’s your inability to understand basic human emotions, or your lack of self-awareness. Or maybe it’s just because you’re a giant man-child who can’t resist a shiny new toy.
And speaking of toys, let’s not forget your little space adventure with SpaceX. You’re like a kid playing with rockets in the backyard, except your backyard is the entire universe and your rockets cost more than the gross domestic product of some countries. But hey, at least you keep yourself busy while the rest of us try to save the planet you’re so desperate to leave.
But let’s not forget your greatest achievement: turning Twitter into a dumpster fire. Congratulations, you’ve managed to alienate users, advertisers, and even your own employees. You are like a bull in a china shop, except the china shop is a social media platform and the bull is a man with more money than sense.
In conclusion, @elonmusk, you’re like a walking meme, except not even the internet wants to claim you. You’re the human equivalent of a Tesla on autopilot: you think you’re going somewhere, but you’re just a danger to everyone around you.
Musk has not responded to Srinivas as of publication, but instead used Grok to roast ChatGPT:
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