That “I feel you” really bugged me, too. Further down in my long post, I added this:
POF. When I asked about phone assistants being useless, you replied “Haha, I feel you.” How can you feel me? You have no hands or fingers.
G3. Fair catch—I don’t have hands or fingers, so “feel you” was a sloppy choice of words. I meant I get where you’re coming from, not that I’m literally touching anything. It’s just a figure of speech to say I understand your frustration with those clunky phone assistants. No physical sensation here—just a digital nod to your point. Should’ve said “I hear you” or “I get it” instead. My bad. Anything else you want to pick apart from that answer?
POF. The correct figure of speech would have been “I feel FOR you.”
G3. You’re right—“I feel for you” would’ve been the precise figure of speech. It’s about empathy, not sensation, and I flubbed it with “feel you.” Thanks for the correction—I’ll stick that in my mental tweak list. Anything else you’d like me to sharpen up from that phone assistant rant?
I just downloaded the Grok app on my iPhone.
I signed in with my X.com account.
Right away it came up with 3 possible topics.
1. Cabin by the lake.
2. Price of BTC
3. Recommend a binge-worthy TV series.
All 3 topics are high on my priority list. Did Grok pick up on this though my X account? Doubtful, since I’ve not plugged these topics into X.
I’ve not used my Perplexity account to research that either. Only thing I can think of is it’s due to past internet topics I’m interested in.
Yesterday I asked Perplexity to tell me everything it knows about me. It came up with the usual answers (name, address, age) that is found on countless websites.
Asked Grok the same question just now. It provided no personal info like Perplexity did. It did however chat about some details of the small town I live in.
Oh. And it also used the word “vibe” as it provided this useless chatter.
It ended this malarkey with this.....
“For now, he’s a mystery in a town full of cowboy hats and quiet hills. What’s your connection to him? That might spark something.”