“How do you like Grok?”
I like it a lot. Easy to use and it assembles information into a coherent story line very quickly from many sources (and provides source references). I HAVE caught it with inconsistencies and small errors. I call it out on them and it goes back and checks sources and corrects the errors. It makes me a bit nervous, though.
One of the really nice things I discovered is that I can instruct it to provide an answer in HTML 2.0 so it’s perfectly formatted for FR. It also generates great HTML 2.0 tables and you can specify the columns, column headings, and column widths.
I’ve noticed it will have an inherent liberal bias on political information. I call it out on that and it will rewrite the answer with a more neutral or conservative slant. The other day I asked it two questions: 1) Tell me why the new LNG plant in Louisiana is going to harm the planet. Then 2) Tell my why the new LNG plant is Louisiana is good for Americans, our trading partners and our standard of living.
I got two very different (and predictable) answers, the first with the typical global warming perspective and the second with a conservative perspective on low energy prices and reducing the trade deficit. Both were well written.
So you can coax or coach it toward the answer you would like to get.
But, what's really stood out to me lately has been ChatGPT. It produced cover art for me for a book I'm writing, and it did it on the first pass. All the other AI image sites I tried produced buggy images.
Thanks, I appreciate your answer. I will give it a try.
How do you “do” Grok?